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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Air pollution effects on lung and heart

E-Communication Session
Chairs: M. Raulf Heimsoth (Bochum, Germany), R. Zlotkowska (Sosnowiec, Poland)
The RUPIOH study: EBC total NOx in relation to ambient air pollution in chronic lung disease, a city by city analysis
S. Manney, A. Mansur, J. Ayres (Birmingham, Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
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Outdoor air pollution is associated with disease severity in alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)
A. Wood, R. Harrison, S. Semple, J. Ayres, R. Stockley (Birmingham, Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Comparative study of airway inflammatory response after exposure in metro underground respectively car tunnel
A. Klepczynska Nystrom, B. M. Larsson, A. Eklund, J. Grunewald, I. Rodin, A. Lundin, T. Sandstorm, A. Blomberg, C. Muller Suur, M. Svartengren (Stockholm, Umea, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Time-series analysis of respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity in Nicosia, Cyprus, 1995-2004: the effect of air pollution and dust storms
N. Middleton, P. Yiallouros, S. Kleanthous, O. Kolokotroni, J. Schwartz, D. Dockery, P. Demokritou, P. Koutrakis (Nicosia, Cyprus; Boston, MA, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Environmental air pollutants and arrhythmia emergency room visits
G. Braga, A. Braga, L. Martins, L. Pereira, D. Zanetta, U. Santos (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Personal exposure to traffic related air pollutants in Umeå, Sweden, 2001 and 2007
A. Hagenbjork-Gustafsson, L. Modig, B. Forsberg (Umea, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Long-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) and lung function. The MESA lung study
R. G. Barr, A. V. Diez Roux, M. Shen, P. L. Enright, E. A. Hoffman, J. Kaufman, T. Ragunathan (New York, NY, Ann Arbor, MI, Tuscon, AZ, Iowa City, IA, Seattle, WA, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Complex estimation of effect metals in particulate pollutants on pathogenesis of chronic lung diseases
K. Alla, M. Nikolay, K. Fedor (Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Ageing augmented endothelial dysfunction due to diesel exhaust particles
N. Bai, S. van Eeden (Vancouver, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Relationship between respiratory symptoms and lung function in rural and urban Nepalese adults
J. Ayres, O. P. Kurmi, S. Semple, M. Steiner, P. Simkhada, C. Smith (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
PM10 from road dust and FeNO in adults with asthma in Umeå, Sweden
H. Bertilsson, D. Olsson, L. Modig, B. Forsberg (Umea, Sweden)
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Effect of prenatal and postnatal exposure to urban air pollution on the myocardial lipid peroxidation levels of adult mice
N. R. Damaceno-Rodrigues, M. M. Veras, E. M. Negri, A. C. T. Zanchi, C. Rodhen, P. H. N. Saldiva, M. Dolhnikoff, E. G. Caldini (Sao Paulo/SP, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The evaluation of obstruction risk among people living in the vicinity of busy roads and in the rural areas
A. Badyda, W. Lubinski (Warsaw, Poland)
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Air pollution significantly influences mutagenesis in the oral mucosa: a study in street workers in Sao Paulo, Brazil
A. Negri, M. A. Ferreira, E. G. Caldini, P. H. N. Saldiva (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effects of air pollution and smoking in oxygen saturation and heart rate in normal individuals
L. Belinaso, N. Martins, L. Morinaga, M. Bussacos, U. Santos (Sao Paulo/SP, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Assessment of low dose effects of acute sulfur dioxide exposure on the airways using non-invasive methods
M. Raulf-Heimsoth, C. van Thriel, F. Hoffmeyer, J. Buenger, H. Berresheim, T. Bruening (Bochum, Dortmund, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The annual decline in FEV1 is steeper if it is estimated from baseline data using cross-sectional analysis than obtained by longitudinal analysis
V. Søyseth, H. L. Johnsen, J. Kongerud (Lørenskog, Oslo, Norway)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Diesel exhaust-induced impairment of vasomotor function is inhibited by a particle trap
M. Lundbäck, S. Barath, N. Mills, A. Lucking, T. Sandström, D. Newby, A. Blomberg (Umeå, Sweden; Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Daily air pollution levels in Gothenburg, Sweden, and FENO in healthy adults
J. Nilsson, A. C. Olin, L. Modig, M. Andersson, B. Forsberg (Umeå, Göteborg, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster