Medical devices 医疗设备 Inhaling information 有关吸入器的吸入信息 How to collect data on asthma while, at the sametime, treating it 在处置哮喘的同时如何收集哮喘数据 IN 1985 and 1986 an epidemic of asthma hitBarcelona. 1985年和1986年巴塞罗那哮喘病流行。 The city s researchers first turned to the usual suspects, 这个城市的研究人员首先调查了一般的怀疑对象, such as air pollution, pollen and mould. 如空气污染、花粉和霉菌等。 But a series of telephone interviews with thesufferers pointed to a much more precise cause. 但从一连串对患者的电话随访中得出了一个更为确切原因。 All the attacks had occurred by the harbour, and at times when ships were unloading soyabeans. 所有的哮喘发作都发生在港口,且都在货船卸大豆的时候。 The cause was clear: soya-bean dust. 原因很清楚:大豆灰尘。 So was the solution: the installation of filters on the harbour s silos. 所以解决办法就是:在港口的筒仓上安装过滤器。 |