Annual Congress Vienna 2012

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The global burden of disease

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Chairs: C. Janson (Uppsala, Sweden), D. Jarvis (London, United Kingdom)
Aims: At the end of this session the audience will have gained knowledge in:
- the overall approach to assessing the global burden of disease in this context, and the assessment of disabilty-adjusted life years;
- the current findings on the global burden of COPD and asthma;
- the current findings on the global burden of pneumoconiosis and interstitial lung disease;
- and the current information needed to enhance our understanding of the global burden of respiratory disease.

Getting better data to measure the burden of respiratory disease and influence health and public health policy S. Buist (Portland, United States of America)