Annual Congress Vienna 2003

Saturday, 27.09.2003
Sunday, 28.09.2003
Monday, 29.09.2003
Tuesday, 30.09.2003
Wednesday, 01.10.2003

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, abstract number.


Material from 2003:
  • 3196 Abstracts
  • 374 Slide presentations
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Epidemiology of various respiratory conditions

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: E. Omenaas (Bergen, Norway), R. Pistelli (Roma, Italy)
Meta-analysis of FEV1 as a risk factor for all-cause mortality
M. Rutten-van Molken, R. Hoogenveen, T. Feenstra, M. Genugten (Rotterdam, Bilthoven, The Netherlands)
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International research outputs and funding in respiratory medicine
M. R. Partridge, I. Rippon, G. Lewison (London, United Kingdom)
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Biomarkers of lung cancer in a general population sample: distribution and relationship with risk factors for respiratory disorders
G. Palmiero, L. Carrozzi, F. Di Pede, A. Angino, M. Bottai, F. Pistelli, S. Baldacci, A. Mercuri, G. Zucchelli, C. Giuntini (Pisa, Italy)
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Trends in COPD mortality – Tales from the Swedish mortality register
F. L. Andersson, M. de Verdier, K. Svensson (Lund, Sweden)
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Molecular epidemiology, drug resistance, and treatment of tuberculosis in Germany: preliminary results
D. Sagebiel, B. Hauer, R. Loddenkemper (Berlin, Germany)
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Genitourinary tuberculosis in Siberia
E. V. Kulchavenya (Novosibirsk, Russia)
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Atypical agents of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)
E. B. Koroleva, A. M. Borodin, S. V. Hvatova (N.Novgorod, Russia)
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Increasing global resistance to penicillin, macrolides and other antimicrobials among isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae: susceptibility data from three years of the PROTEKT surveillance study
D. Felmingham, R. B. Nieman, J. Pluim (London, Bridgewater, United Kingdom)
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Respiratory tract infections and antibiotic resistance in a sample of Greek population
C. Kourtidou-Papadeli, C. Papadelis, E. Daskalopoulou, E. Perantoni, K. Papaspyropoulos, N. Tsolakis, E. Vlachogiannis (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Longitudinal analyses on the use of medicines in never smoker women living in two Italian areas
M. Simoni, G. Matteelli, A. Scognamiglio, F. Pistelli, S. Baldacci, A. Angino, F. Di Pede, L. Carrozzi, G. Viegi (Pisa, Italy)
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Drug hypersensitivity in population of lower Silesia
W. Balinska, A. Boznanski, M. Grabowski, A. Konieczny (Wroclaw, Poland)
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Cellular infiltrates of the bronchus in pulmonary sarcoidosis
Z. M. Kosjerina, V. M. Kosjerina Ostric (Sremska Kamenica, Yugoslavia)
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Arm span and height relashionship in 2372 caucasian patients referred for spirometry
M. Berkani, A. Capderou, M. H. Becquemin, J. P. Derenne, M. Zelter (Paris, Plessis Robinson, France)
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Baseline characteristics of subjects with α1-antitrypsin deficiency included in the alpha one international registry (AIR)
E. Piitulainen, C. G. Löfdahl, J. Stolk, A. Dirksen, P. Fernandez, R. Stockley (Malm, Lund, Sweden; Leiden, The Netherlands; Copenhagen, Denmark; High Wycombe, Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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High prevalence of rare variants in the Italian National Registry for Severe Alpha1-Antritrypsin Deficiency
M. Luisetti, J. Baccheschi, M. Zorzetto, I. Ferrarotti, G. Massi, P. Coni, G. Faa, B. Balbi, I. D. A. Gruppo (Pavia, Roma, Cagliari, Gussago, Italy)
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