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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Environmental and genetic studies of asthma

Poster Discussion
Chairs: C. Janson (Uppsala, Sweden), H. M. Boezen (Groningen, The Netherlands)

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Incident case-referent study of asthma: studies of the influence of work-related, indoor-,and outdoor environmental factors on the onset of adult asthma based on incident asthma; study design and first results E. Rönmark, C. Andersson, L. Modig, A. C. Jonsson, K. Eriksson, A. Hagenbjörk-Gustafsson, B. Forsberg, L. Nyström, B. Järvholm, B. Lundbäck (Luleå, Umeå, Stockholm, Sweden)
Changing rates of hospital admissions for asthma, in Western Greece Chest Hospital, 1985-2001 D. C. Georgopoulos, N. Karatzas, I. Plastira, A. Agelopoulos, G. Giaoutzi, K. Varela, T. Dimou, I. Lichros (Patra, Greece)
Incidence of asthma in young adults. The results of a prospective Italian study F. Locatelli, M. Bugiani, I. Cerveri, A. Carolei, S. Villani, E. Migliore, A. Marinoni, M. Ferrari, R. de Marco (Verona, Turin, Pavia, Italy)
Perception of dyspnea in exercise-induced asthma A. S. Melani, G. Ciarleglio, M. Pirrelli, P. Sestini (Siena, Italy)
Microbiological analysis of the occurrence of respiratory tract pathogens in patients with bronchial asthma P. Szulakowski, D. Friedek, A. Ekiel, M. Romanik, W. Pierzcha/a (Katowice, Poland)
Genetic and environmental influences on different asthma phenotypes W. Nystad, M. B. Lund, J. Kongerud, J. Boe, P. Magnus, J. Harris (Oslo, Norway)
Asthma management in family general practice in France L. Laforest, E. Van Ganse, G. Pietri, J. Descotes, P. Ernst (Lyon, France; Montreal, Canada)
Introduction to The Epidemiology and Natural History of Asthma: Outcomes and Treatment Regimens (TENOR) study C. Dolan, E. Bleecker, L. Borish, B. Chipps, M. L. Hayden, S. Weiss, S. Wenzel, B. Zheng (S. San Francisco, Winston-Salem, Charlottesville, Sacramento, Richmond, Boston, Denver)
Data from a 13 to 20-year follow-up study starting in 1980/81 of 339 patients with bronchial asthma M. Almind, K. Viskum, A. Kok-Jensen, N. Seersholm (Slagelse, Gentofte, Denmark)
The current treatment of asthma in Italy L. Cazzoletti, I. Cerveri, A. Corsico, M. Bugiani, M. Ferrari, C. Janson, S. Accordini, R. de Marco (Verona, Pavia, Turin, Italy; Uppsala, Sweden)
Risk factors of asthma in adults and children on the basis of the epidemiological study in the general population of Lodz province I. Kuprys, A. Elgalal, B. Korzycka-Zaborowska, P. Gorski, P. Kuna (Poland)
Risk factors responsible for the development of severe asthma in outpatients M. Kupczyk, I. Kupryś, P. Gorski, P. Kuna (Lodz, Poland)
The economic cost of current asthma in Italy. Results of the Italian study on asthma in young adults (ISAYA) S. Accordini, L. Cazzoletti, S. Gerzeli, A. Carolei, P. Pirina, M. Olivieri, A. Marinoni, R. de Marco (Verona, Pavia, Sassari, Italy)
Asthma and Atypical Bacterial Infections: Chlamydia pneumonia, Mycoplasma pneumonia and Legionella pneumophila A. Olut, S. Emri, B. Bozkurt, A. U. Demir, M. Artvinli, A. Günalp (Ankara, Turkey)
Two years follow-up in asthma patients who affering in a day hospital rehabilitation program L. Guidi, S. Lubich, S. Amato, M. Traballesi (Rome, Italy)
Dietary intake and asthma risk in young adults R. K. Woods, E. H. Walters, J. Raven, R. Wolfe, P. Ireland, F. C. K. Thien, M. Abramson (Prahran, Hobart, Carlton, Australia)
Intake of antioxidants and n-3 and n-6 PUFA in relation to asthma and eczema in a cohort of pregnant women G. McNeill, S. Fleming, G. Devereux, A. Seaton (Foresterhill, United Kingdom)
TNF-α 308 gene polymorphism and asthma in Chinese, Malay and Indian population W. C. Tan, W. D. Zhang, X. Z. Zhang, D. W. Qiu, W. J. Ngerng, S. H. Lee, A. Sandford (Singapore, ; Vancouver, Canada)
PAFAH polymorphism and asthma in Chinese, Malay and Indian population W. C. Tan, X. Z. Zhang, W. D. Zhang, D. W. Qiu, W. J. Ngerng, A. Sandford (Singapore, ; Vancouver, Canada)
Asthma and minor psychiatric disoders: a cross-secctional study in a population of civil servants of a public university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil K. T. Nogueira, C. S. Lopes, A. P. Leon (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)