Respiratory epidemiology

Target audience

Clinicians
Surgeons
Nurses
Public health policy makers
General practitioners
Medical students

Educational aims

This ERS online course will provide participants with an overview of the main epidemiological features of respiratory diseases including tuberculosis, asthma, COPD and environmental lung diseases. In addition to this, the pros and cons of the different studies dealing with respiratory diseases will be explored.

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Introduction and basic epidemiology S. Schumacher (Montreal, Canada) June 17, 2014 - 18.00 – 19.00 CET
Epidemiological observational studies A. Zwerling (Baltimore, United States of America) June 19, 2014 - 18.00 – 19.00 CET
Epidemiological experimental studies D. Mannino (Lexington, United States of America) June 24, 2014 - 18.00 – 19.00 CET
Epidemiology of communicable diseases: tuberculosis D. Falzon (Geneva, Switzerland) June 26, 2014 - 18.00 – 19.00 CET
Epidemiology of environmental lung diseases I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France) July 1, 2014 - 18.00 – 19.00 CET
Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases: asthma and COPD D. Price (Cambridge, United Kingdom) July 3, 2014 - 18.00 – 19.00 CET