Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, abstract number.
Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, abstract number.
Climate change and respiratory health
Lunchtime sessionChairs: Stephen T. Holgate (Southampton, United Kingdom), Giovanni Viegi (Pisa, Italy)
Aims: Allergic asthma is a heterogeneous disease that is strongly influenced by environmental factors. Many of these factors are shaped in different ways and to varying degrees by meteorological events and climate change across the world. This session will focus on how weather and climate conditions produce their varied pathological effects on respiratory health. How global climate change will influence environmental exposures in the future will also be discussed.
Target audience: Clinician, Occupational therapist, Epidemiologist, Allergologist, Patient, Researcher, Scientist