Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.


Material from 2008:
  • 3952 Abstracts
  • 658 Slide presentations
  • 316 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
  • 1824 e-posters
  • 316 Multimedia files
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Environmental risk factors for respiratory symptoms and COPD

Oral Presentation
Chairs: B. Lundback (Göteborg, Sweden), I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France)
Vehicle exhausts outside home and incident asthma among adults. A prospective cohort study in three Swedish cities
L. Modig, K. Torén, B. Forsberg (Umea, Gothenburg, Sweden)
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Air travel and respiratory related symptoms in patients with COPD and controls
A. Edvardsen, A. Akerø, T. M. Eagan, M. Ryg, J. Hardie, P. Bakke, O. H. Skjønsberg (Hakadal, Oslo, Bergen, Norway)
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Are spirometric criteria good predictors of longitudinal outcomes in COPD patients without taking chronic respiratory symptoms into account? Results from ECRHS
R. de Marco, S. Accordini, C. Janson, D. Jarvis, M. Wjst, P. Burney (Verona, Italy; Uppsala, Sweden; London, United Kingdom; Neuherberg, Germany)
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Yearly seasonal changes in COPD exacerbations, cold symptoms, temperature and hours of sunlight
J. Goldring, G. Donaldson, R. Baghai Ravary, J. Hurst, J. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom)
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Relationships between school indoor viable moulds and dry cough at night in children of five European countries (HESE study)
M. Simoni, I. Annesi-Maesano, T. Sigsgaard, D. Nordback, G. Wieslander, W. Nystad, M. Canciani, G. Viegi, P. Sestini (Pisa, Siena, Italy; Paris, France)
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Social class, climate, and building age as confounders influencing associations between respiratory symptoms, moulds and dampness in dwellings within the ERCHS-II
D. Norback, E. Plana, J. P. Zock, J. Heinrich, C. Svanes, J. Sunyer, N. Kunzli, S. Villani, M. Olivieri, A. Soon, D. Jarvis (Uppsala, Sweden; Barcelona, Spain; Neuherberg, Germany; Bergen, Norway; Pavia, Verona, Italy; Tartu, Estonia; London, United Kingd
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Gender differences in the relation between respiratory symptoms and emphysema estimated by HRCT
T. Grydeland, H. Coxson, A. Dirksen, S. Sharma, S. Pillai, W. Anderson, A. Gulsvik, P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway; Vancouver, Canada; Copenhagen, Denmark; NC, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
The lifetime risk of developing COPD. The Rotterdam study
Y. van Durme, K. Verhamme, G. Van Pottelberge, T. Stijnen, G. Joos, A. Hofman, B. Stricker, G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium; Rotterdam, Leiden, Netherlands)
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