Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, abstract number.
Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, abstract number.
Risk factors and early origins of respiratory diseases
Hot topicsChairs: Claudia Kuehni (Bern, Switzerland), Fabio Midulla (Rome, Italy)
Aims: To describe how maternal complications and conditions in pregnancy and in the perinatal period can affect respiratory health in childhood, the causal role of these factors and the non-causal role of the various confounding factors that explain these associations and how early life risk factors may affect the development of chronic pulmonary obstructive disease in adults.
Target audience: Clinicians and epidemiologists who have an interest in lung development, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.