Outdoor and indoor environment: respiratory diseases from asthma to asbestosis

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: J. Anto (Barcelona, Spain), D. Norback (Uppsala, Sweden), L. Smit (Utrecht, Netherlands)
LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and pulmonary function in children
A. Padula, J. Balmes, E. Eisen, J. Mann, E. Noth, B. Pratt, F. Lurmann, S. K. Hammond (San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto, Petaluma, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Effect of environmental pollution on the control of bronchial asthma and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO)
M. Ariza, R. Fernandez, G. Sebastian, M. Iscar, C. Madrid, A. Pando, M. Montoliu, P. Casan (Oviedo, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Impact of traffic-related air pollutants on the reduction of spirometric parameters. Warsaw study
A. Badyda, P. Dabrowiecki, W. Lubinski, P. O. Czechowski, G. Majewski, A. Gayer (Warsaw, Gdynia, Poland)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Black carbon as a new air quality and health indicator of limited traffic zone (LTZ) interventions: The results of the ‘Area C’ monitoring campaigns at residential and kerbside sites in Milan, Italy
S. Moroni, A. Ruprecht, G. Tosti, B. Villavecchia, G. Mocnik, C. Sioutas, D. Westerdahl, G. Invernizzi (Milan, Italy; Lubljana, Slovenia; Los Angeles, Ithaca (NY), United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Long term air pollution exposure and COPD in SALIA: Discrepancies between ESCAPE results and published evidence in SALIA
T. Schikowski, A. Vierkötter, D. Sugiri, N. Probst-Hensch, N. Künzli, U. Krämer (Basel, Switzerland; Düsseldorf, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence of COPD and its risk factors in a rural area of Uganda
F. van Gemert, B. Kirenga, N. Chavannes, M. Kamya, S. Luzige, P. Muzinguzi, C. de Jong, R. Jones, I. Tsiligianni, T. van der Molen (Groningen, Leiden, Netherlands; Kampala, Uganda; Plymouth, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Physical activity in officially-acknowledged victims with pollution-related illness: Long-term effects of air pollution in the 1960s
T. Tanaka, N. Miyamoto, R. Kozu, S. Honda, H. Senjyu (Nagasaki, Japan)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Mustard gas exposure causing death due to respiratory tract cancer and chronic bronchitis in the long term
K. Mukaida, N. Ishikawa, Y. Nishimura, Y. Horimasu, Y. Ohnari, H. Iwamoto, S. Ohshimo, K. Kondo, N. Hattori, N. Kohno (Hiroshima, Takehara, Japan)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
The correlation between urbanization and mortality of common respiratory diseases in China
C. Wan, F. Zhan, L. Jia, Q. Hu, F. Wen (Chengdu, Xiamen, China)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Bronchial anthracosis-anthracofibrosis: Potential causes and clinical features
E. Yilmazel Ucar, O. Araz, M. Akgun, M. Meral, L. Saglam, H. Kaynar, M. Gorguner (Erzurum, Turkey)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Spirometry changes due to prolonged exposure to high level of fluoride in drinking water
N. Saifullah, I. Ahmed, S. Qayyum, N. Khan, M. H. Khan (Karachi, Pakistan)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Volatile organic compounds and risk of asthma and allergy: A systematic review of observational and interventional studies
U. B. Nurmatov, N. Tagiyeva, S. Semple, G. Devereux, A. Sheikh (Edinburgh, Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Asthma and rhinitis symptoms among parents of preschool children in relation to the home environment in Chongqing, China
J. Wang, B. Li, Q. Yang, H. Wang, D. Norback, J. Sundell (Chongqing, Beijing, China; Uppsala, Sweden)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Microbial toxins, moisture damage and asthma
J. Pekkanen, P. Kirjavainen, M. Sulyok, M. Täubel, A. Karvonen, R. Krska, A. Hyvärinen (Kuopio, Finland; Tulln, Austria)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Indoor air quality: Presence of students in a classroom changes levels of air-borne particulate matter
M. Balzan, D. Bilocca, C. Zammit, S. Montefort (Tal Qroqq, Malta)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Airborne concentration of limonene (a volatile organic compound (VOC)), when using a spray of 41 essential oils
S. Ortega, A. S. Weiler, M. Ott, A. Dazy, F. de Blay (Strasbourg, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Association of lung function with waterpipe (shisha) tobacco use in healthy adults
A. Chouhan, C. Nwokoro, R. Brugha, N. Mushtaq, J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Relationship between cellular immunity and functional lung tests in COPD patients – Clean-up workers of the Chernobyl catastrophe in the remote period after the accident
K. Bazyka, V. Sushko, L. Shvayko (Kiev, Ukraine)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Screening for allergy in elite marathon runners
R. Nakata Teixeira, F. A. Rodrigues Mendes, M. Arruda Martins, C. R. Fernandes Carvalho (São Paulo, Brazil)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Frequency of pulmonary hypertension in patients with COPD - Clean-up workers of Chernobyl catastrophe
O. Apostolova, V. Sushko, O. Tatarenko (Kyiv, Ukraine)
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Congress or journal article abstract