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.


Material from 2002:
  • 3388  Abstracts
  • 6 Slide presentations
  • 5 Handouts
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Asbestos and silica

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: L. Coplu (Ankara, Turkey), P. Dumortier (Brussels, Belgium)
Effects of tobacco smoking on findings in chest computed tomography among asbestos-exposed workers
T. Vehmas, L. Kivisaari, M. S. Huuskonen, M. S. Jaakkola (Helsinki, Finland)
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Comparison of amosite and wollastonite fibre effects on selected BAL parameters and lung tissue injury-time and dose dependence
M. Hurbankova, S. Cerna, E. Tatrai, S. A. Kyrtopoulos (Bratislava, Slovakia; Budapest, Hungary; Athens, Greece)
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Analysis of mineral fibres in the lungs of sheep from Central Turkey
K. Mitchev, L. Coplu, P. De Vuyst, M. Artvinli, P. Dumortier (Brussels, Belgium; Ankara, Turkey)
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Knowledge of inhabitants about asbestos and its contribution in preventing mesothelioma in the Southeast of Turkey
A. Senyigit, C. E. Dagli, A. C. Tanrikulu, C. Sinir, G. Kirbas (Diyarbakir, Turkey)
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Is asbestos exposure in the south-east of Turkey only environmental?
A. Senyigit, G. Kirbas, C. E. Dagli (Diyarbakir, Turkey)
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Effect of environmental asbestos exposure on pulmonary functions and arterial blood gases
M. Gokirmak, N. Koksal, Z. Orhan, S. S. Hacievliyagil, Z. Yildirim, C. Hasanoglu (Malatya, Kahraman Maras, Turkey)
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Lung function impairment in asbestos exposed workers
P. L. Piirila, M. Lindqvist, S. Kaleva, L. Kivisaari, T. Vehmas, A. R. A. Sovijarvi, H. Nordman (Helsinki, Finland)
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Breathlessness in subjects with asbestos-related pleural plaques
D. H. Bryant (Darlinghurst, Australia)
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Lung functions damage and pleural thickenings in Czech workers exposed to asbestos
J. Lebedová, B. Dlouhá, L. Rychlá, M. Brabec, J. Neuwirth, D. Pelclová, Z. Fenclová, H. Benáková (Prague, Czech Republic)
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Spirometry and gasometrical examination in healthy subjects exposed to contact with asbestos
J. Serafinski, A. Doboszynska, A. Siemieniuk, B. Bogumil, H. Trybuch-Ronisz (Warsaw, Poland)
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Lung function and radiological findings in a group of fibre-exposed asbestos workers
M. Grazzini, A. Fabbri, F. Vannucci, A. Sanna, M. Guerrini, L. Vannucchi, L. Carmignani, F. Niccolai, A. T. Neri, F. Innocenti (Pistoia, Italy)
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Lung function tests (LFT) and arterial blood gases (ABG) in smoker (S) and non-smoker (NS) workers with occupational exposure to asbestos
M. Grazzini, A. Sanna, A. Fabbri, F. Vannucci, M. Guerrini, F. Innocenti (Pistoia, Italy)
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Benign pericardial effusion associated with occupational asbestos exposure
T. J. Howell, E. Neville (Portsmouth, United Kingdom)
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Pneumoconiosis risk assessment in workers exposed to airborne quart in foundries
L. D. Tamaian (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
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Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function tests of marble workers
A. Orman, M. Unlu, M. Cirit, A. Yucel (Afyon, Turkey)
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Chronic bronchitis in Ghanaian gold miners with silica exposure
F. Y. Bio, S. Sadhra, C. Jackson, S. Burge (Dundee, United Kingdom)
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Correlation of lung functions with radiologic findings in coal miners: a report from a major coal mining area in Turkey
M. Tor, R. Altin, L. Kart (Kozlu, Turkey)
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Nonspecific bronchial responsiveness and FEV1 decline in coal miners: 14 years follow up study
S. J. Ostrowski, W. Barud, A. Bilan, W. Myslinski, J. Mosiewicz, J. A. Hanzlik (Lublin, Poland)
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Lung function in elderly former uranium miners with silicosis
A. Flechsig, W. Marek, N. Kotschy-Lang (Bochum, Germany)
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in silicosis: comparison to functional and radiological findings
V. C. S. Antao, G. A. Pinheiro, A. J. Lopes, J. M. Jansen (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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