C. Kuehni (Bern, Switzerland), S. La Grutta (Palermo, Italy)
Late Breaking Abstract: Association of asthma with obesity, nutrient and antioxidant intake in adolescents: A population-based study J. L. Lukrafka, S. C. Fuchs, L. B. Moreira, F. D. Fuchs, R. L. Henn (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
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Trends in the prevalence of asthma and allergies in children residing in urban and rural areas in Cyprus O. Kolokotroni, N. Nicolaou, N. Middleton, S. Pipis, P. Yiallouros (Limassol, Nicosia, Cyprus; Manchester, United Kingdom)
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How reliable are claims of an asthma epidemic amongst Canadian children? J. Chawla, T. Zhang, B. Carleton, M. Seear (Vancouver, Canada)
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Asthma prevalence in children in Oltenia region (south-western Romania) C. Gheonea, D. A. Plesca, L. Dumitrescu, N. A. Florincescu-Gheorghe (Craiova, Bucharest, Romania)
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Asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema symptoms in children in urban and rural residential sectors. Valdivia, Chile M. Calvo, L. Kausel, A. Boneberger, K. Radon (Valdivia, Chile; Munich, Germany)
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Environmental factors in infancy contributing to asthma in children and adolescents – The hygiene hypothesis in Chile A. Boneberger, K. Radon, M. Kabesch, R. Schierl, J. Baer, L. Kausel, D. Haider, R. von Kries, M. Calvo (Munich, Germany; Valdivia, Chile)
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Development of an asthma risk score for childhood asthma in Pune City, India M. Cheraghi, S. Valsa, S. Salvi (Pune, India)
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Risk factors for current asthma symptoms in young adolescents E. Vlaski, L. Seckova, K. Stavric, I. Kirovski, M. Kimovska (Skopje, Fyrom)
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Moisture damage and childhood asthma: Follow-up of a population-based incident case–control study J. Pekkanen, S. Leskinen, M. Korppi, A. Nevalainen, A. Hyvärinen (Kuopio, Tampere, Finland)
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Residential proximity to major roads, air pollution and lung function in healthy preschool children S. Sonnappa, C. Bastardo, P. Aurora, D. Whyatt, F. Kelly, J. Grigg (London, Lancaster, United Kingdom)
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Acute effects of air pollution on paediatric asthma admissions in Athens, Greece E. Samoli, P. Nastos, A. Paliatsos, K. Katsouyanni, K. Priftis (Athens, Greece)
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Role of atopic dermatitis as a risk factor for allergic rhinitis in children K. Papageorgiou, E. Tsiviki, A. Michailidis (Kastoria, Ptolemaida, Ioannina, Greece)
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Prevalence and risk factors for exercise induced bronchospasm (EIB) among schoolchildren in Lusaka, Zambia M. Mapani, L. Chishimba (Lusaka, Zambia)
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Air pollution, breastfeeding and asthma in children of Chinese: A meta-analysis of case-control studies J. Weijian, M. Chen (Guangzhou, China)
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Pre-school recurrent wheezing and its relationship with lung function V. Fainardi, I. Bo, M. C. Tripodi, C. Spaggiari, G. Pisi (Parma, Italy)
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Strong relationship between food intolerance and allergic rhinitis among 7-8 years old children A. Winberg, A. Bjerg, L. Hedman, S. Sundberg, E. Rönmark (Luleå, Umeå, Sweden)
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Does the difference in lung function between UK-born south Asian and white children diminish in subsequent generations of immigrants? M. P. F. Strippoli, C. E. Kuehni, B. D. Spycher, T. McNally, M. Silverman, C. S. Beardsmore (Bern, Switzerland; Leicester, United Kingdom)
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Natural history of bronchial responsiveness over adolescence A. Raza, G. C. Roberts, R. Kurukulaaratchy, W. Karmaus, J. Grundy, F. Mitchell, S. H. Arshad (Isle of Wight, Southampton, United Kingdom; Columbia, United States Of America)
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Determinants of uncontrolled asthma at age 8: Importance of parental perception towards medication use E. Koster, G. Koppelman, A. Wijga, D. Postma, M. Hoekstra, J. de Jongste, H. Smit, J. Raaijmakers, A. H. Maitland-van der Zee (Utrecht, Groningen, Bilthoven, , Rotterdam, Netherlands)
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