Respiratory diseases in women

Major Symposium
Chairs: C. Mapp (Ferrara, Italy), F. Kauffmann (Villejuif, France)
Aims: This symposium will individualise the specificity of respiratory diseases, and further enhance research and improve respiratory health care in women.

Epidemiology of smoking-induced respiratory diseases in women G. Viegi (Pisa, Italy)
COPD, an unrecognised disease in women S. Buist (Portland, United States of America)
Respiratory therapy in lactation and pregnancy H. Worth (Fuerth, Germany)