Respiratory epidemiology: prevalence, incidence and remission

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: M. S. Jaakkola (Oulu, Finland), E. Ronmark (Lulea, Sweden)
Late-breaking abstract: Allergic sensitization to common airborne allergens among adults in urban and rural northern Vietnam: Results from a population survey
L. Hoàng Thi, T. Nguyen Van, B. Lundbäck, E. Rönmark (Stockholm, Sweden; Hanoi, Viet Nam)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Increase of multi-sensitization to airborne allergens among adults from 1994 to 2009
K. Warm, H. Backman, S. Sundberg, A. Lindberg, B. Lundbäck, E. Rönmark (Lulea, Umea, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence of asthma symptoms among Croatian school children is still increasing
S. Banac, K. Manestar, V. Rozmanic, Z. Korotaj Rozmanic, I. Vidovic, M. Šerer, N. Švraka, T. Petric (Rijeka, Croatia)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Changes in asthma remission or control in the last decade in Italy
L. Cazzoletti, A. G. Corsico, A. Grosso, E. Ansaldo, V. Ronzoni, B. Tripon, P. Pirina, M. Bugiani, R. de Marco, I. Cerveri (Verona, Pavia, Sassari, Turin, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence of asthma and allergies in childhood in Guadeloupe
E. Citadelle, X. Birembeaux, L. Cordeau, J. Gotin, D. Laurac, M. Gouranton, G. Marcin, M. A. Mounouchy, C. Rambhojan, V. Cornely, R. Chantal (Pointe-à-Pitre, Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe; Pessac, Bordeaux, France)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence of asthma symptoms in adult university students and workers in Elobeid – West Sudan
O. Musa, A. Magzoub, A. Elsony (Khartoum, Sudan)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence of asthma in Latin American middle-aged and older adults and its overlap with diagnosis of COPD
A. M. Menezes, P. Hallal, M. Montes de Oca, A. Muino, M. V. Lopez Varela, C. Talamo, J. R. B. Jardim, G. Valdivia, R. Perez-Padilla (Pelotas, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Caracas, Venezuela; Montevideo, Uruguay; Santiago, Chile; Mexico City, Mexico)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Screening study for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults in Pleven
P. Pavlov, Y. Ivanov, P. Glogovska, T. Popova, E. Borissova, V. Nozharov (Pleven, Bulgaria)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Prevalence of chronic bronchitis in the Middle-East and North Africa: Interim results of the BREATHE study
A. Khattab, A. Sayiner, J. Ahmed Khan, G. Iraqi, S. Nafti, A. Benkheder, B. Mahboub, M. L. Konisky, C. Nejjari, N. Rashid, The BREATHE Study Group (Cairo, Egypt; Izmir, Turkey; Karachi, Pakistan; Rabat, Fez, Morocco; Algiers, Algeria; Tunis, Tunisia; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Beirut, Lebanon)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in smokers with asthma
P. Pavlov, Y. Ivanov, P. Glogovska, T. Popova, E. Borissova, V. Nozharov (Pleven, Bulgaria)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
COPD heterogeneity: An epidemiological perspective from the PLATINO study
M. V. Lopez Varela, M. Montes de Oca, A. Muiño, C. Talamo, D. Moreno, A. Menezes, R. Perez Padilla, J. Jardim, G. Valdivia, J. Pertuze, R. Halbert (Montevideo, Uruguay; Caracas, Venezuela; Pelotas, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Mexico City, Mexico; Santiago de Chile, Chile; Los Angeles, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
COPD prevalence in Yigilca, a town in rural area of Duzce, Turkey: Insight from the Melen study
L. Yilmaz Aydin, T. Dumlu, Y. Aydin, S. Bulur, M. E. Erkan, H. Coskun, K. Suner, H. Ozhan (Duzce, Turkey)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence, relation to smoking and other factors of COPD: Evidence from population survey
M. Gambaryan, A. Kalinina, S. Shalnova, A. Deev, A. Popugaev, E. Volkova, K. Ivanov (Moscow, Vologda, Chelabinsk, Yakutsk, Russian Federation)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Smoking rates in the Middle-East and North Africa: Interim results of the BREATHE study
M. Polatli, M. A. Tageldin, A. Javed, A. Alzaabi, N. Shahrour, S. Taright, M. Beji, N. M. Obeidat, E. Uzaslan, A. El-Hasnaoui, The BREATHE Study Group (Aydin, Bursa, Turkey; Cairo, Egypt; Peshawar, Pakistan; Abu Dhabi, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic; Algiers, Algeria; Tunis, Tunisia; Amman, Jordan)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Tuberculosis status in Minoufiya Governorate, Egypt
R. El Wahsh, R. Bakr, M. Zamzam, A. Farag (Shebin El Kom, Egypt)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence of water pipe smoking among population in the City of Mashhad (north east of Iran)
M. Boskabady, M. H. Boskabady, L. Farhang, M. Mahmoodinia, G. R. Heydari (Mashhad, Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Epidemiology of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in Sardinia (Italy) from 2000 to 2009: Role of ex-adiuvantibus treatment
V. Spada, S. Ostera, C. Vertuccio, E. Atzeni, G. P. Ligia, E. Sortino, A. G. Fois, P. Pirina (Sassari, Nuoro, Cagliari, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Enhanced surveillance for patients with novel H1N1 (nH1N1) in Tangerang District Indonesia
D. Lokida, T. Martini, T. Trihono, V. Setiawaty, F. Mahoney (Tangerang, Jakarta, Indonesia)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Different reference equations may affect COPD staging and treatment
R. Russo, M. Pereira, O. A. Nascimento, A. Camelier, F. Rosa, A. M. Menezes, R. Pérez-Padilla, J. C. Vázquez-García, M. Lopez, M. M. de Oca, G. Valdívia, J. R. Jardim (São Paulo, Salvador, Pelotas, Brazil; Mexico City, Mexico; Montevideo, Uruguay; Caracas, Venezuela)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster