Annual Congress Stockholm 2002

Saturday, 14.09.2002
Sunday, 15.09.2002
Monday, 16.09.2002
Tuesday, 17.09.2002
Wednesday, 18.09.2002

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, abstract number.

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Epidemiology of asthma, rhinitis and allergy

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: F. Kauffmann (Villejuif, France), H. M. Boezen (Groningen, The Netherlands)

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Increased prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis during 1995-2000 among schoolchildren from a rural region in Poland A. Emeryk, E. Chojna, G. Skibinska-Kawiak, J. Postepski, M. Bartkowiak-Emeryk (Lublin, Janow Lubelski, Poland)
Asthma morbidity and management: South Australia 2001 R. E. Ruffin, D. Wilson, R. Adams (Adelaide, Australia)
Association between asthma, allergy and smoking behaviour in pregnant women participating into the PIPO study E. F. J. Vandervaeren, A. Vellinga, J. H. J. Droste, M. M. Hagendorens, H. P. Van Bever, P. A. Vermeire, J. J. Weyler (Antwerp, Belgium)
Breast feeding reduces prevalence rates of asthma and allergic disorders in children M. Shamssain, N. Shamsian (Sunderland, United Kingdom)
Do allergic diseases and symptoms show the same pattern of genetic and environmental influences? W. Nystad, J. Harris, E. Røysamb, P. Magnus (Oslo, Norway)
Pets, parental atopy, and asthma in adults J. J. K. Jaakkola, N. Jaakkola, R. Piipari, M. S. Jaakkola (Helsinki, Finland; Gothenburg, Sweden)
Rhinitis quality of life (RQOL) in patients with asthma and rhinitis S. Hoff, B. Vibeke, N. Hendrik (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Epidemiology of allergic rhinitis: clinical aspects in a population-based sample of adults from six European countries V. Bauchau, S. R. Durham, D. P. Strachan (Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium; London, United Kingdom)
Recovery rates of self-reported rhinitis over an eight-year period in an adult population sample in southern Sweden M. K. Andersson, U. Nihlen, P. Montnemery, L. J. Greiff, C. G. Loefdahl, C. J. Persson (Lund, Sweden)
The prevalence of allergic rhinitis among adult patients with diagnoses of asthma in childhood I. Malysheva, E. Tsura, A. Markin (St-Petersburg, Russia)
Quality of life in patients with asthma or rhinitis L. L. B. S. Buch-Sørensen, S. S. N. C. Nepper-Christensen, H. H. N. Nolte, V. V. B. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark)
The association between IgG seropositivity to microorganisms and the prevalence of allergic sensitisation to inhalant allergens in adult Danes A. Linneberg, C. Østergaard, M. Tvede, L. Percival Andersen, A. Dirksen, F. Madsen, N. H. Nielsen, L. Frølund, T. Jørgensen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
IgG4 response to high occupational aeroallergen exposure: a protective mechanism against allergic and inflammatory airway disease? G. Doekes, L. Preller, R. Snippe, M. Iversen, D. J. J. Heederik (Utrecht, Zeist, The Netherlands; Aarhus, Denmark)
The relationship of alcohol consumption to total IgE and the development of IgE sensitisation. The Copenhagen allergy study A. Linneberg, J. Petersen, N. H. Nielsen, F. Madsen, A. Dirksen, L. Froelund, T. Joergensen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Comparison of IgE measurements using the pharmacia CAP systems in European community respiratory health surveys I and II J. Potts, C. Luczynska, S. Chinn, D. Jarvis, P. Burney (London, United Kingdom)
Bronchial responsiveness measured as log dose slope (LDS) and maximum expiratory flow (MEF) and sensitation to storage mites O. Omland, T. Sigsgaard, O. F. Pedersen, M. R. Miller (Aarhus, Aalborg, Denmark; Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Sensitization to aeroallergens in Mongolia A. Viinanen, S. Munhbayarlah, T. Zevgee, T. Tseregmaa, T. Lkhagwasuren, L. Narantsetseg, T. Naidansuren, M. Koskenvuo, H. Helenius, E. O. Terho (Turku, Finland; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
Results from a 1-year follow-up study of the health effects of three type of microbiological pesticides P. Larsen, T. Sigsgaard, G. Doekes, J. Baelum (Odense, Aarhus, Denmark; Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Relationship between ragweed pollen counts and delivery of anti allergic medication E. Van Ganse, R. Harf, C. Dechamp, F. Clouet, A. Jacquier, D. Flasquel, L. Ellul, M. Calleja, L. Laforest (Lyon, Pierre Benite, St Priest, Montpellier, France)
Effects of airborne pollen on the allergic respiratory diseases D. D. Stanojev-Jovanovic, M. Petrovic, I. Andrijevic, D. Jaric, S. Krunic, O. Maksimovic (Sremska Kamenica, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia)