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
Material from 2008:  Show

Inorganic dust exposure and the lung

E-Communication Session
Chairs: X. Baur (Hamburg, Germany), A. Cimrin (Izmir, Turkey)
Soluble mesothelin-related peptides in the diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma
P. Mata Calderon, J. A. Rodriguez Portal, E. Rodriguez Becerra, D. Rodriguez Rodriguez, I. Alfageme Michavila, A. Quero Martinez, C. Diego Roza, A. Leon Jimenez, I. Isidro Montes, P. Cebollero Rivas (Sevilla, Oviedo, Cádiz, Ferrol, A Coruña
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Evaluation of the EGFR gene expression in the malignant mesothelioma of Korea using fluorescence in situ hybridization
M. Eom, S. H. Jung, S. J. Yong, J. H. Han, S. W. Hong, K. Y. Kwon, E. S. Ko, L. Kim, W. S. Kim (Wonju, Seoul, Daegu, Bucheon, Incheon, Republic Of Korea)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Prevalence of assessable asbestos deposit in patients with lung cancer
M. I. Velasco, M. J. Cruz, M. D. Untoria, I. López, M. A. Montero, E. Rodriguez, S. Hernandez, J. Ferrer (Barcelona, Barceloba, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hidrocarbons – risk factor for lung cancer
D. Surcel, A. Mocan, M. Butan, A. David, M. Botoc (Cluj Napoca, Romania)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Lung sounds in patients with asbestos-associated pleural fibrosis, asbestosis or other lung fibrosis, objectified with vibration response imaging
A. M. Preisser, X. Baur (Hamburg, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Prognosis in subjects with advanced asbestosis
D. Bryant (Sydney NSW, Australia)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Measuring pulmonary compliance in patients with asbestos-induced visceral pleural fibrosis or asbestosis using new reference equations
X. Baur, W. Raab, A. Preisser, L. Barbinova, W. Galetke, J. Schneider (Hamburg, Bad Reichenhall, Sollingen, Giessen, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Occupational exposure to pure chrysotile: a 39-year study of mortality
L. Sichletidis, D. Chloros, D. Spyratos, A. B. Haidich, I. Fourkiotou, M. Kakoura (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
EBC markers in pneumoconioses at different ventilation rates
D. Pelclova, M. Krmencikova, Z. Fenclova, T. Navratil, M. Kuzma, P. Kacer (Prague, Czech Republic)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Silicosis in young people due to fashion for artificially broken in jeans
N. D. Bakan, G. Ozkan, M. Babalik, M. Bayram, A. Gur, G. Camsari (Istanbul, Turkey)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Disastrous silicosis ²epidemia² among young stone carvers in Tkout (east-Algeria)
A. Hamizi, C. Donnay, J. F. Dessanges, S. Nafti (Batna, Algiers, Algeria; Paris, France)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Trend values of spirometric tests with years exposition to mineral dust at the foundry-workers
S. Ignjatovic, V. Miloskovic, V. Ignjatovic, L. Corkovic, A. Ignjatovic (Kragujevac, Beograd, Serbia And Montenegro)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Early development of the COPD of the steel foundry production workers
S. Semizhon, V. Valkevich (Minsk, Belarus)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Silicosis due to metal sandblasting in teflon coated pan manufactoring
N. Koksal, C. Eren Dagli, N. Atilla, H. Ciralik (Kahramanmaras, Turkey)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Respiratory health and occupational exposure in iron steel industry
A. Tabaku, S. Bala, E. Petrela (Tirana, Albania)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Pulmonary disease markers in workers exposed to silica
C. Martinez, G. Rego, P. Castro, C. Rodriguez, A. Quero, E. F. Bustillo (Oviedo, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Pulmonary symptom and function of Nigerian cement workers
G. E. Erhabor, O. B. Obembe, D. O. Obaseki, F. A. Erhabor (Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation