Determinants of asthma and lung function in childhood

Oral Presentation
Chairs: F. Rusconi (Florence, Italy), B. Karadag (Umraniye Istanbul, Turkey)

Early life mite allergens and respiratory and allergic health L. Casas, R. García-Esteban, C. Tischer, J. Heinrich, I. Lehmann, I. Kull, M. Wickman, A. Reich, T. Keil, S. Lau, U. Gehring, A. Wijga, H. A. Smit, J. Sunyer, M. Torrent (Leuven, Belgium; Barcelona, Menorca, Spain; Munich, Leipzig, Berlin, Germany; Stockholm, Sweden; Utrecht, Bilthoven, Netherlands)
Daylight robbery: Hospitals admissions for childhood asthma in English regions are inversely associated with hours of sunshine W. Carroll, A. Saunders, K. Ismail, W. Farrell, R. Emes, A. Fryer (Derby, Birmingham, Keele, United Kingdom)
Association of vitamin D deficiency with severity of acute respiratory infection: A case-control study in New Zealand children T. R. Ingham, B. Jones, C. A. Camargo Jr, J. Kirman, A. C. Dowell, K. Grimwood, J. Crane, The Whiti Te Ra Study Group (Wellington, Dunedin, New Zealand; Boston, United States Of America; Gold Coast, Australia)
Antibiotic use among Dutch pregnant woman and the development of toddler asthma: The influence of confounding B. Mulder, K. Pouwels, C. Schuiling-Veninga, J. Bos, T. de Vries, S. Jick, E. Hak (Groningen, Leeuwarden, Netherlands; Boston, United States Of America)
Prenatal exposure to antibiotics and wheezing: An internet-based birth cohort study M. Popovic, D. Zugna, C. Galassi, F. Merletti, E. Migliore, L. Gagliardi, F. Rusconi, L. Richiardi (Turin, Viareggio, Florence, Italy)
Preterm birth and early growth characteristics are associated with lower lung function in childhood: A meta-analysis of 24,000 European children L. Duijts, A. M. M. Sonnenschein-van der Voort, J. C. de Jongste, I. Annessi-Maesano, S. H. Arshad, H. Barros, C. S. Beardsmore, H. Bisgaard, L. Chatzi, S. Correia, L. Craig, G. Devereux, K. van der Ent, A. Esplugues, M. P. Fantini, C. Flexeder, U. Frey, F. Forastiere, U. Gehring, D. Gori, A. C. van der Gugten, A. J. Henderson, B. Heude, J. Ibarluzea, H. M. Inskip, T. Keil, M. Kogevinas, E. Kreiner-Møller, C. E. Kuehni, S. Lau, E. Mélen, M. Mommers, E. Morales, J. Penders, K. C. Pike, D. Porta, G. Roberts, A. Schmidt, E. S. Schultz, H. Schulz, J. Sunyer, M. Torrent, A. H. Wijga, C. Zabaleta, V. W. V. Jaddoe, H. T. den Dekker (Rotterdam, Utrecht, Maastricht, Bilthoven, Netherlands; Paris, Villejuif, France; Newport, Leicester, Aberdeen, Bristol, Southampton, United Kingdom; Porto, Portugal; Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark; Crete, Athens, Greece; Valencia, Spain, San Sebastian, Barcelona, Area de Salut de Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain; Bologna, Rome, Italy; Neuherberg/Munich, Berlin, Würzburg, Germany; Basel, Bern, Switzerland; Stockholm, Sweden)
Physiological lung growth between infancy and early childhood – Impact of gender, body growth, and tobacco smoke exposure A. Schmidt, E. Proietti, O. Fuchs, C. Kuehni, U. Frey, P. Latzin (Basel, Bern, Switzerland; Munich, Germany)
Early determinants of lung function in African infants D. Gray, L. Willemse, A. Alberts, G. Hall, H. Zar (Cape Town, South Africa; Perth, Australia)