Annual Congress Amsterdam 2011

Saturday, 24.09.2011
Sunday, 25.09.2011
Monday, 26.09.2011
Tuesday, 27.09.2011
Wednesday, 28.09.2011

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, abstract number.


Material from 2011
  • 4205 Abstracts
  • 632 Slide presentations
  • 250 Webcasts
  • 66 Handouts
  • 1703 e-posters
  • 250 Multimedia files
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Work-related respiratory diseases and specific exposures

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: D. Fishwick (Sheffield, United Kingdom), P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway)
Firefighter occupational exposures in forest fire settings – Three years of the FUMEXP project
A. J. Ferreira, C. Robalo Cordeiro, P. Ferreira, A. I. Miranda, V. Martins, D. Xavier Viegas (Coimbra, Aveiro, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Systematic review of ill-health outbreaks associated with exposure to water-based metalworking fluids
C. Burton, B. Crook, H. Scaife, G. Evans, C. Barber (Buxton, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Epidemiological study of the workforce after an outbreak of occupational asthma due to chromium and cobalt in an aerospace factory
G. Walters, A. Robertson, V. Moore, C. Burge, A. Vellore, S. Burge (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Past dust and gas/fume exposure and COPD in Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank cohort study
J. G. Ayres, K. B. H. Lam, P. Yin, C. Q. Jiang, W. S. Zhang, P. Zdab, M. Miller, G. N. Thomas, T. H. Lam, K. K. Cheng (Birmingham, United Kingdom; Guangzhou, Hong Kong, China)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Long term effect and allergic sensitization in newly employed workers in laboratory animal facilities
B. M. Sundblad, L. Palmberg, M. Kupczyk, K. Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Cow hair sensitisation is uncommon among Danish dairy farmers despite high allergen levels
V. Schlünssen, I. Basinas, E. Zahradnik, G. Elholm, O. Omland, M. Raulf-Heimsoth, T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Aalborg, Denmark; Bochum, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Fungal colonization of oxygen humidifier and nebulizer chambers
T. Sahasrabudhe, S. Jadhav, V. Kalley, N. Gandham (Pune, India)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in male workers exposed to dust, gas and fume
B. S. Choi, J. O. Lee, Y. Lee (Ansan, Republic Of Korea)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Occupational asthmogens and total IgE according to asthma status in the EGEA study
O. Dumas, V. Siroux, B. Jacquemin, I. Pin, J. Bousquet, R. Nadif, F. Kauffmann, N. Le Moual (Villejuif, Grenoble, Montpellier, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Irritative effects of respirable particles and chromium in non-smoking welders
M. Lehnert, V. Harth, F. Hoffmeyer, R. Merget, K. Gawrych, K. Benjamin, H. Berresheim, E. Heinze, M. Raulf-Heimsoth, T. Weiss, B. Pesch, T. Brüning (Bochum, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Respiratory work disability and occupational outcomes in adults with asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness
N. Murgia, G. Paolocci, A. Gambelunghe, M. dell‘Omo, I. Folletti, G. Muzi, G. Abbritti (Perugia, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for bacterial peptidoglycan (PGN) assessment in air and house dust samples
P. S. Thorne, N. Metwali (Iowa City, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Characterization of airborne organic dust exposure with limulus amoebocyte lysate – Test and whole blood assay
V. Liebers, V. van Kampen, M. Düser, H. Stubel, T. Brüning, J. Bünger, M. Raulf-Heimsoth (Bochum, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Bioactivity of 14C-labeled endotoxin in aggregates, shed blebs and whole bacteria: Potency comparison in the LAL assay, cell cultures, and mouse bioassays
P. S. Thorne, K. A. Hoppe, S. Hadina, A. Adamcakova-Dodd, J. P. Weiss (Iowa City, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
COPD causation and workplace exposures; an assessment of annual FEV1 decline significance between expert clinical raters
D. Fishwick, A. Darby, C. Barber, A. Curran, P. Blanc (Sheffield, United Kingdom; San Francisco, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Respiratory symptoms, lung function tests and bronchial hyperresponsiveness among workers in petroleum industry
S. Stoleski, J. Karadzinska-Bislimovska, J. Minov, D. Mijakoski, S. Risteska-Kuc, L. Trajceva (Skopje, Fyrom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Dust exposure and respiratory symptoms; cross sectional study in Tanzanian coffee factories
G. Sakwari, M. Bråtveit, B. E. Moen (Bergen, Norway; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic Of)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The investigation of stable nitric oxide (NO) metabolites correlation in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) in Chernobyl clean-up workers (CCUW) with COPD
I. Klimanov, S. Soodaeva, A. Lisitsa, T. Marchenko (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Biotoxicological pattern and related respiratory impairments in chemical laboratory workers
F. Gradinariu, C. Croitoru, B. Scutaru, R. Danulescu, M. Margineanu, M. Ipate, M. Ghitescu, E. Danulescu (Iasi, Romania)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Occupational allergy in apprentices hairdressers and hairdressers in region of Lodz, Poland
P. Krawczyk-Szulc, B. Krecisz, D. Chomiczewska, M. Wiszniewska, M. Kiec-Swierczynska, E. Nowakowska-Swirta, J. Zgorzelska-Kowalik, C. Palczynski, A. Golinska-Zach, J. Walusiak-Skorupa (Lodz, Poland)
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