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
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Epidemiology of asthma and allergy

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: C. Svanes (Bergen, Norway), F. Pistelli (Pisa, Italy)

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Health-related quality of life (HRQL) and asthma control in the EGEA2 study V. Siroux, A. Boudier, L. Vignoud, J. Bousquet, F. Gormand, J. Just, N. Le Moual, C. Pison, P. Scheinmann, D. Vervloet, F. Kauffmann, I. Pin (Grenoble, Montpellier, Lyon, Paris, Villejuif, Marseille, France)
Asthma incidence is associated to indoor chlorinated pool attendance M. Ferrari, W. Mantovani, C. Papadopoulou, L. Tonellotto, C. Posenato, K. Schenk, S. Tardivo, C. Coppo, L. Tomaello, F. Bonella, P. Ferrari, A. Poli (Verona, Italy)
Asthma and job selection: an international population-based analysis M. Olivieri, M. Mirabelli, E. Plana, J. M. Antò, P. Bakke, A. D‘Errico, D. Jarvis, P. Henneberger, D. Norback, K. Radon, K. Torén, M. Van Sprundel, S. Villani, J. P. Zock, M. Kogevinas (Verona, Torino, Pavia, Italy; Barcelona, Spain; Be
Antioxidant vitamins and the risk of asthma: systematic review and meta-analysis S. Allen, J. Britton, J. Leonardi-Bee (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Fruit and fish may keep asthma away M. Uddenfeldt, M. Leander, C. Janson, D. Norback, L. Larsson, A. Rask-Andersen (Uppsala, Sandviken, Ostersund, Sweden)
Dietary patterns and asthma: results from three countries in the European community respiratory health survey (ECRHS) R. Hooper, J. Heinrich, E. Omenaas, S. Sausenthaler, V. Garcia-Larsen, P. Burney (London, United Kingdom; Neuherberg, Germany; Bergen, Norway)
Agreement between teenager and parent reports of rhinitis, eczema and environmental risk factors L. Hedman, A. Bjerg, S. Sundberg, E. Ronmark (Luleå, Umeå, Sweden)
Premenstrual asthma: frequency changes according to definition applied J. M. Bravo Nieto, A. Pereira Vega, J. L. Sanchez Ramos, J. A. Maldonado Perez, I. Sanchez Rodriguez, F. Alvarez Gutierrez, R. Vazquez Oliva, J. M. Ignacio Garcia, P. Romero Palacios (Huelva, Sevilla, Malaga, Granada, Spain)
Respiratory symptoms and asthma among swimming pool workers – results from a questionnaire study G. Nordberg, B. Forsberg, J. Nilsson, N. G. Lundstrom, A. Blomberg, A. Hagenbjork-Gustafsson, M. Svensson, K. Eriksson (Umea, Sweden)
Gender differences in asthma: prevalence, diagnosis, and incidence of atopic and non atopic asthma B. Leynaert, J. Sunyer, R. Garcia-Esteban, C. Svanes, D. Jarvis, P. Burney, J. M. Anto, F. Neukirch (Paris, France; Barcelona, Spain; Bergen, Norway; London, United Kingdom)
Sex-specific trends in wheeze could be explained by trends in exposures. Prevalence and risk factors 1996-2006 in Northern Sweden A. Bjerg, B. Lundbäck, E. Rönmark (Luleå, Göteborg, Sweden)
Differences between intermediate phenotypes underlying asthma and rhinitis J. Werner Hansen, S. Francis Thomsen, V. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Quantitative genetic analysis of intermediate asthma phenotypes S. Francis Thomsen, M. Ferreira, K. Ohm Kyvik, M. Fenger, V. Backer (Copenhagen, Odense, Denmark; Boston, United States Of America)
Characterization of uncontrolled asthma (UA) in Asia C. Lai, A. Bhome, T. de Guia, G. Wong, Z. Zainudin, A. Mukhopadhyay, The Asthma Insights and Reality in Asia Pacific 2 Steering Committee (Hong Kong)
Population based relationship between three prominent morbidities: asthma, mental health and obesity W. David, A. Sarah, R. Richard, H. Graeme, A. Robert (Adelaide, Australia)
The ²iceberg² of adult asthma in the Italian general population S. Accordini, V. Cappa, M. Braggion, M. Bugiani, P. Pirina, S. Villani, G. Verlato, R. de Marco (Verona, Turin, Sassari, Pavia, Italy)
The relation between paracetamol use and asthma: a European case-control study J. Potts, S. Shaheen, P. Burney (London, United Kingdom)
Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in childhood and GSTM1 polymorphism are associated to lung function in adults O. Omland, T. H. Malling, C. B. Andersen, I. Brandslund, D. Sherson, L. Skadhauge, T. Sigsgaard (Aalborg, Odense, Vejle, Haderslev, Aarhus, Denmark)
The risk of cardiovascular disease associated with asthma may be mediated by short-acting β₂-agonists R. Adams, S. Appleton, D. Wilson, R. Ruffin (Woodville, SA, Australia)
The association of wheeze and FEV₁ with free androgen index D. Jarvis, M. Kaakinen, A. Ruokonen, A. Hartikainen, J. Pekkanen, D. Canoy, S. Franks, A. Pouta, H. Martikainen, M. R. Jarvelin (London, Manchester, United Kingdom; Oulu, Kuopio, Finland)