Annual Congress Munich 2006

Saturday, 02.09.2006
Sunday, 03.09.2006
Monday, 04.09.2006
Tuesday, 05.09.2006
Wednesday, 06.09.2006

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, abstract number.

Material from 2006:

4395 Abstracts
610 Slide presentations
175 Webcasts
95 Handouts
175 Multimedia files

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Highlights of epidemiology of COPD and lung function

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Chairs: J. Vestbo (Manchester, United Kingdom), P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway)

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Regular physical activity and lung function decline. A population based cohort study J. Garcia-Aymerich, P. Lange, M. Benet, P. Schnohr, J. M. Antó (Barcelona, Spain; Copenhagen, Denmark)
Early life origins of adult lung function C. Svanes, J. Sunyer, E. Plana, J. M. Antó, on behalf of the Early Life Working Group at ECRHS (Bergen, Norway; Barcelona, Spain)
Cured meat consumption and lung function in a general population sample R. Jiang, D. C. Paik, J. Hankinson, R. G. Barr (New York, Valdosta, United States Of America)
Association between NO₂ outdoor exposure and COPD in northern Italy M. Rava, G. Verlato, R. Bono, M. Ponzio, R. de Marco (Verona, Turin, Pavia, Italy)
Body mass index, airflow obstruction and dyspnea index in epidemiology (BOD-E). Predictive role of BOD-E on 32-year mortality in Paris area male workers R. Varraso, C. Pison, F. Kauffmann (Villejuif, Grenoble, France)
A multicentre cohort study on the association between common markers of asthma and the incidence of COPD R. de Marco, S. Accordini, J. M. Anto, S. Chinn, A. Corsico, D. Jarvis, N. Künzli, F. Neukirch, P. Burney (Verona, Pavia, Italy; Barcelona, Spain; London, United Kingdom; Los Angeles, United States Of America; Paris, France)
Use of GIS technology to analyse the health effect of long-term exposure to air pollution in an Italian general population sample S. Maio, S. Baldacci, A. Angino, M. Borbotti, D. Nuvolone, R. Della Maggiore, G. Viegi (Pisa, Italy)
What is abnormal lung function in an elderly cohort? A comparison of the fixed ratio to the lower limit of normal ratio D. M. Mannino, A. S. Buist, W. Vollmer (Lexington, Portland, United States Of America)