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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Asthma prevalence in different parts of the world

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: S. Chinn (London, United Kingdom), E. Ronmark (Lulea, Sweden)

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Comparative analysis of asthma and COPD incidence in Serbia - a 10-year period D. P. Pesut, Z. Basara, I. Pesic (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
Predicting the hospitalization trends of asthma using autoregression and time-delay neural networks D. P. Petrovic, L. S. Nagorni-Obradovic, V. I. Petrovic (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
Epidemiological survey on bronchial asthma in Liaoning province China P. Chen, R. Yu, X. Hou (Shenyang, China)
Prevalence of asthma, rhinitis and atopic eczema among children in Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece. (ISAAC, international study of asthma and allergies in childhood) E. Hatziagorou, A. Papadopoulou, C. Gratziou, C. Roussos, K. Priftis, J. Tsanakas (Thessaloniki, Athens, Greece)
Prevalence of self-reported asthma, asthma-like and allergic symptoms in the urban and rural adult population in eastern Turkey T. Tug, Y. Acik (Elazig, Turkey)
Changes in prevalence and severity of asthma and respiratory symptoms with age in children M. Shamssain, N. Shamsian (Sunderland, United Kingdom)
Trends of asthma in Mexico. A 10 years analysis in a nationwide health institution G. S. Diaz, M. H. Vargas, M. E. Y. Furuya, A. Lugo (Mexico City, Mexico)
Bronchial asthma prevalence in Republic of Uzbekistan A. M. Ubaydullaev, G. T. Uzakova (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
Asthma prevalence and severity: an epidemiologic study in Sicily S. Bellofiore, V. Padua, S. Sanci, C. Caramazza, R. Relo, M. La Porta, S. Privitera (Catania, Italy)
The rates of admission for asthma patients in the last ten years Z. M. Lazic, S. D. Mojsilovic, O. M. Gajovic (Kragujevac, Yugoslavia)
Airway symptoms and lung function in Russian and Norwegian adults T. Smith-Sivertsen, V. Tchachtchine, E. Lund (Tromsoe, Bergen, Norway; Kirovsk, Russia)
Prevalence of respiratory symptoms in a representative sample of the adult rural population R. Nemes, G. Paun, S. Dutu (Bucharest, Romania)
High prevalence rates of asthma-related symptoms in the Mediterranean island of Malta similar to English speaking countries M. V. Balzan, J. J. Bonnici (Guardamangia, Malta)
Wheezing and asthma in relation to atopy and environmental factors in Palestinian schoolchildren N. A. El-Sharif, Z. Abdeen, F. Barghuthy, B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium; Jerusalem, Israel)
Prevalence of asthma symptoms and risk factors affecting these factors in adults living in the centre of Denizli S. Ozkurt, G. Daloglu, F. Fisekci, M. Zencir, G. Kiter, S. Baser, A. Cimrin (Denizli, Turkey)
Prevalence of bronchial asthma among adults in Estonia (postal and interview questionnaires, FinEsS-study) L. Jannus-Pruljan, H. M. Loit, J. Polluste, E. Lillak, E. Raukas, M. Meren, A. Raukas-Kivioja, I. Täht (Tallinn, Estonia)
Prevalence of asthma and related symptoms in Sivas, Central Anatolia I. Akkurt, H. Sumer, S. L. Ozsahin, U. Gonlugur, L. Ozdemir, O. Dogan (Sivas, Turkey)
The prevalence of asthma among secondary school students in Afyon, Turkey M. Unlu, A. Orman, N. Dogan (Afyon, Turkey)
Prevalence of bronchial asthma in the Altai Republic aboriginals and the impact of environmental exposure A. I. Shchoukina, A. L. Hanin, A. V. Kolbasko (Novokuznetsk, Russia)
The prevalence of asthma in St-Petersburg respiratory health survey A. V. Yemelyanov, G. B. Fedoseev, G. R. Sergeeva, N. I. Ivanova, T. M. Zibrina, I. V. Zukanova, I. N. Maximenko (St-Petersburg, Russia)