Annual Congress Glasgow 2004

Saturday, 04.09.2004
Sunday, 05.09.2004
Monday, 06.09.2004
Tuesday, 07.09.2004
Wednesday, 08.09.2004

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, abstract number.


Material from 2004:
  • 3888 Abstracts
  • 555 Slide presentations
  • 20 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
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Particles and pollution: clinical and experimental data

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: K. Donaldson (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), A. Blomberg (Umea, Sweden)
Long-term environmental tobacco smoke effects on respiratory symptoms (SAPALDIA cohort study)
M. W. Gerbase, C. Schindler, N. Kuenzli, P. Staedele, J. P. Zellweger, O. Braendli, L. Burdet, M. Frey, U. Ackermann-Liebrich, P. Leuenberger, the SAPALDIA Team (Basel, Switzerland)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Airway inflammatory responses to local instillation of fine and coarse ambient particulate matter
R. Helleday, A. Blomberg, F. R. Cassee, A. J. Frew, I. S. Mudway, F. J. Kelly, T. Sandström (Umeå, Sweden; Bilthoven, The Netherlands; Southampton, London, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Does human exposure to carbon particles and sulphur dioxide produce adverse changes in markers of inflammation in exhaled breath condensate, nasal lavage or serum?
S. Manney, H. Routledge, J. Townend, J. Ayres, S. Nuttall (Birmingham, Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effect of diesel exposure on markers of apoptosis and proliferation within the bronchial epithelium
K. Sooriyakumaran, A. Behndig, A. Blomberg, T. Sandstrom, A. J. Frew, S. J. Wilson (Southampton, United Kingdom; Umea, Sweden)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Correlation of induced sputum (IS) particles size distribution (PDS) and pulmonary function test (PFT) in asthmatics patients (A-pts)
E. Levy Nissenbaum, E. Fireman, Y. Lerman, S. Kivity (Tel-Aviv, Israel)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Inhalation of 99mTechnetium-labeled carbon particles and translocation to the human circulation
N. L. Mills, N. Amin, S. D. Robinson, A. M. Millar, N. A. Boon, W. MacNee, K. Donaldson, D. E. Newby (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Influence of the air pollution to the asthma exacerbations in patients in the ICU
B. M. Bulajic, R. M. Vojnovic-Kljajic, M. M. Gajic (Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Associations between NO2 outside home and reported annoyance due to air pollution – results from the ECRHS II in Umeå, Sweden
L. Modig, E. Norrman, B. Segerstedt, B. Forsberg (Umeå, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Oxidative properties of PM2.5 in the European community respiratory health survey cities (ECRHS)
N. Künzli, T. Shi, T. Gotschi, F. Kelly, J. Heinrich, B. Forsberg, D. Jarvis, D. Norback, M. Hazenkamp, P. Borm (Los Angeles, United States Of America; Duesseldorf, Germany; London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Specific IgE adjuvant activity of ambient air particles from Rome, Lodz, Amsterdam and Oslo. Results from the European RAIAP project
T. Alberg, E. C. Groeng, E. Dybing, M. Lovik (Oslo, Norway)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Air pollution particulates stimulate the production of reactive nitrogen species from interferon-primed macrophages via inducible nitric oxide synthase
A. Jimenez, I. Smith, L. Proudfoot, W. MacNee, K. Donaldson (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Environmental particulates in induced sputum alveolar macrophages from healthy children – electron microscopic appearance
N. S. Kulkarni, A. Rutman, C. O‘Callaghan, J. M. Grigg (Leicester, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Inflammatory toxicity in rats following intratracheal instillation of ultrafine carbon black with and without benzo[a]pyrene and/or iron sulphate
R. Duffin, K. Unfried, C. Albrecht, F. J. van Schooten, R. Schins (Dusseldorf, Germany; Maastricht, The Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Pathogenic effect of intratracheal exposure on nanocarbons - in vivo study on guinea pig model
H. Grubek-Jaworska, P. Nejman, T. Przybylowski, K. Czuminska, A. Huczko, H. Lange, M. Bystrzejewski, P. Baranowski, R. Chazan (Warsaw, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Oxidative capacity as a new metric for the monitoring of ambient particulate matter(PM)
T. Shi, R. P. F. Schins, I. S. Mudway, L. A. Jimenez, F. J. Kelly, N. Kunzli, K. Donaldson, T. Kulhbusch, P. J. A. Borm (Duesseldorf, Duisburg, Germany; London, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Los Angeles, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Location dependent differences in the capacity of European PM2.5 to deplete respiratory tract lining fluid ascorbate
F. J. Kelly, S. Cook, T. Gotschi, P. Burney, N. Kunzli (London, United Kingdom; Los Angeles, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Chemotaxin release by type II epithelial cells following treatment with nanoparticles
P. G. Barlow, V. Stone, K. Donaldson, J. MacCallum, A. Clouter (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Examination of PM10 samples collected before, during & after closure of a UK steel plant
G. R. Hutchison, D. M. Brown, M. R. Heal, K. Donaldson, V. Stone (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Ozone effects on daily number of emergency visits for COPD and asthma at hospitals in Stockholm, Sweden
B. Forsberg, B. Segerstedt (Umeå, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Environmental and host factors for chronic respiratory symptoms and asthma in Polish adolescents
R. Zlotkowska, M. Skiba (Sosnowiec, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstract