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.

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3952 Abstracts
658 Slide presentations
316 Webcasts
96 Handouts
1824 e-posters
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Asthma epidemiology

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: E. Ronmark (Lulea, Sweden), V. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark)

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Percentiles of normality for spirometry in Italian children aged 11-16 years F. Cibella, G. Cuttitta, M. Melis, M. Bottai, F. Pistelli, S. La Grutta, G. Viegi (Palermo, Pisa, Italy; Columbia, SC, United States Of America)
Evaluation of the effectiveness of fax and BlackBerry based symptom diaries for daily monitoring of COPD patients N. Johnston, A. McIvor, K. Lambert, J. Greene, M. Gerhardsson, T. Higenbottam, J. Lewis, P. Newbold, C. Astbury, A. Herath, J. Legierski (Hamilton, Toronto, Canada; Lund, Sweden; Charnwood, Loughborough, United Kingdom)
Vitamin D intake in pregnancy and respiratory and atopic outcomes in childhood S. Shaheen, R. Newson, P. Emmett, A. Sherriff, J. Henderson (London, Bristol, United Kingdom)
Relation between circulating allergen specific IgE, skin prick test reactivity and wheeze. Results from phase two of the international study of asthma and allergy in childhood (ISAAC) G. Weinmayr, A. Kleiner, G. Nagel, B. Björkstén, B. Brunekreef, W. Cookson, C. Flohr, F. Forastiere, M. van Hage, E. von Mutius, D. Strachan, ISAAC Phase Two Study Group (Ulm, Munich, Germany; Stockholm, Sweden; Utrecht, Netherlands; London,
Trends of asthma prevalence in Bordeaux-France (ISAAC): 1997-2007 C. Raherison, E. Berteaud, V. Amathieux, S. Creuze, M. C. Lasserre-Diouf, A. Quein-Sarrazy, A. Taytard (Bordeaux, France)
Short term prognosis of asthma in young men after military service I. Lindstrom, P. Koponen, P. Kauppi, R. Luukkonen, P. Pallasaho, A. Lauerma (Helsinki, Finland)
The obstructive lung disease in northern Sweden (OLIN) longitudinal paediatric study I – the first 10 years E. Ronmark, A. Bjerg, L. Hedman, S. Sundberg, B. Lundback (Luleå, Umeå, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Predictors of health related quality of life in patients with rhinitis E. Mølgaard, S. F. Thomsen, V. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Frequency of bronchial asthma (BA) symptoms, allergic rhinitis and allergic dermatitis among pregnants of Saint-Petersburg O. Lavrova (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Asthma in childhood reduces smoking initiation in subsequent teenage among males G. Verlato, O. Bortolami, S. Accordini, M. Olivieri, M. Ferrari, M. Bugiani, L. Carrozzi, A. Corsico, R. Dallari, P. Pirina, R. de Marco (Verona, Turin, Pisa, Pavia, Sassuolo (MO), Sassari, Italy)
The relationship of asthma and respiratory symptoms and food allergy in urban and rural Chinese children G. Wong, Y. Ma, Y. Z. Chen, T. F. Leung, E. Yung, F. Lui (Shatin, NT, Hong Kong; Beijing, China)
Effect of breast feeding on the prevalance rates of asthma, rhinitis and eczema M. Shamssain (Sunderland, United Kingdom)
Air pollution and asthma in childhood M. H. Rahimi-Rad (Urmia/West Azerbaijan, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
Prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis in Gdansk, Poland – ECAP study (preliminary report) K. Specjalski, M. Chelminska, I. Damps-Konstanska, E. Wasilewska, K. Kuziemski, L. Gorska, B. Wajda, A. Drozdowska, A. Szymanowska, K. Kempinski, A. Gorska, J. Lata, A. Tomaszewska, E. Jassem, B. Samolinski (Gdansk, Warsaw, Poland)
Asthma prevalence in Maghreb countries: the AIRMAG study A. Benkheder, H. Bouacha, M. El Ftouh, S. Nafti, S. Taright, N. Yassine, M. Ali-Khoudja, H. Fakhfakh, S. Schuck, N. Texier, A. El Hasnaoui (Ariana, Tunis, Tunisia; Rabat, Casablanca, Morocco; Alger, Algeria; Paris, France; Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Association between body mass index and asthma symptoms M. Shamssain (Sunderland, United Kingdom)
Paracetamol use in infancy and risk of asthma in 6 to 7 year old children – ISAAC phase three R. Beasley, T. Clayton, J. Crane, E. von Mutius, C. Lai, S. Montefort (Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand; Munich, Germany; , Hong Kong; Malta, Malta)
Dietary patterns in pregnancy and respiratory and atopic outcomes in childhood R. B. Newson, S. O. Shaheen, K. Northstone, P. M. Emmett, A. Sherriff, A. J. Henderson (London, Bristol, United Kingdom)
Intrauterine exposure to fine particulate matter and burden of respiratory illness in two-year-old wheezers. Prospective birth cohort study W. Jedrychowski (Krakow, Poland)