What is new in childhood respiratory epidemiology?

Oral Presentation
Chairs: M. Silverman (Leicester, United Kingdom), C. Kuehni (Bern, Switzerland)
Assessing bronchial responsiveness to hypertonic saline using the stepwise protocol of the Phase II of the "International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood" (ISAAC-II)
G. Büchele, G. Weinmayr, P. Rzehak, U. Keil, W. Leupold, E. von Mutius, S. K. Weiland (Munster, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Worldwide trends in the prevalence of asthma symptoms: phase III of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)
C. F. Robertson, N. Ait-Khaled, R. Beasley, J. Mallol, U. Keil, E. Mitchell, N. Pearce (Melbourne, Australia; Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand; Paris, France; Santiago, Chile; Munster, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Natural history of habitual snoring in children
C. E. Kuehni, M. F. Strippoli, S. R. Leiva, A. M. Brooke, M. Silverman (Berne, Switzerland; Leicester, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Divergence in 5-year trends in asthma vs. hay fever and eczema in Aberdeen schoolchildren
G. McNeill, N. Tagiyeva-Milne, P. J. Helms, G. Russell (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractPDF journal article, handout or slides
Smoking and the incidence of asthma during adolescence: results of a large cohort study in Germany
J. Genuneit, G. Weinmayr, K. Radon, P. Rzehak, C. Vogelberg, D. Nowak, E. von Mutius, S. K. Weiland (Ulm, Munich, Dresden, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Atopy, current asthma, parental atopy, exposure to children and acute respiratory infections in early childhood
M. M. Kusel, P. D. Sly, N. de Klerk, P. G. Holt (West Perth, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Incidence of asthma in patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
E. van den Heuvel, F. G. Versteegh, V. Krauwer, S. J. Starreveld (Gouda, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Respiratory problems of working children
Z. S. Uyan, E. Cakir, N. Varol, A. Ozen, B. Karadag, R. Ersu, F. Karakoc, E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation