New insights in the incidence, variation and risk factors of asthma

Oral Presentation
Chairs: P. Burney (London, United Kingdom), I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France)

Late-breaking abstract: Association of asthma with IgE to staphylococcal enterotoxins in a GA²LEN population based case-control study P. Tomassen, C. Bachert, P. Burney, D. Jarvis, On behalf of the GA²LEN Survey Follow-Up working group (Ghent, Belgium; London, United Kingdom)
Asthma incidence in a national sample of Canadian adolescents J. Lawson, I. Janssen, A. Hossain, M. Bruner, W. Pickett (Saskatoon, Kingston, North Bay, Canada)
Temporal patterns of wheeze during the school ages in a population-based cohort A. Bjerg, L. Hedman, S. Sundberg, M. Andersson, E. Rönmark (Luleå, Sweden)
Seasonal variations in asthma attacks and grass sensitisation C. Canova, P. Burney, D. Jarvis, on Behalf of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey I (London, United Kingdom)
Initiation of controller medication in newly diagnosed asthma patients: Impact on economic resource utilization P. Bedouch, M. Sadatsafavi, J. M. FitzGerald, C. Marra, L. Lynd (Vancouver, Canada)
A longitudinal study investigating factors associated with changes in lung function over time in early life (age 3 to 11) D. Belgrave, L. Lowe, A. Simpsonn, A. Custovic (Manchester, United Kingdom)
Transforming growth factor beta-1 gene polymorphisms and course of asthma D. Ierodiakonou, D. S. Postma, G. H. Koppelman, J. Gerritsen, W. Timens, H. M. Boezen, J. M. Vonk (Groningen, Netherlands)
A nested case-control study of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and risk of adult-onset asthma – The HUNT study X. M. Mai, A. Langhammer, C. A. Camargo, Jr., Y. Chen (Trondheim, Norway; Boston, United States Of America; Ottawa, Canada)