Annual Congress Barcelona 2010

Saturday, 18.09.2010
Sunday, 19.09.2010
Monday, 20.09.2010
Tuesday, 21.09.2010
Wednesday, 22.09.2010

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, abstract number.

Material from 2010:

4910 Abstracts
646 Slide presentations
250 Webcasts
97 Handouts
2124 e-posters
250 Multimedia files

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Monitoring chronic respiratory diseases in Europe: what we know, new challenges and new opportunities

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Chairs: G. Viegi (Pisa, Italy), J. Roca (Barcelona, Spain)
Aims: The aims of this symposium are to:
- review the major problems and developments required to appropriately assess the burden of asthma and COPD across Europe
- present the protocol and discuss the methodological issues of the IMCA-Respiratory Health Survey in the Elderly
- identify and discuss the new opportunities and priorities for setting up a monitoring system for chronic diseases in Europe

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The IMCA project: achievements and new challenges in monitoring respiratory diseases in Europe E. Duran (Barcelona, Spain)
The IMCA: Respiratory Health Survey in the elderly: methodological issues and preliminary results F. Forastiere (Rome, Italy)
Development of the European Health Examination Survey (EHES) A. Montserrat Moliner (Luxembourg, Luxembourg)