Epidemiology of asthma in adults

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: P. S. Bakke (Bergen, Norway)
Bronchial hyperresponsiveness and asthma severity in the EGEA study
V. Siroux, M. Korobaeff, I. Pin, F. Kauffmann (Grenoble, Paris, Villejuif, France)
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Remission rate of asthma 1989-1999 in relation to age, sex, allergic rhinitis and smoking- a prospective study from north Europe (RHINE-study)
M. Holm, T. Gíslason, E. Omenaas, R. Jõgi, E. Norrman, C. Janson, K. Torén (Gothenburg, Sweden)
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Gender differences in asthma and related phenotypes in high-risk families
C. Vlassi, G. McNeill, P. J. Helms (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
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Epidemiology of cat specific IgG and IgG4 in young British adults
D. Jarvis, C. Luczynska, S. Chinn, P. Burney (London, United Kingdom)
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Measures to assess adherence to inhaled corticosteroids for asthma
J. A. Krishnan, R. Horne, D. Price, J. Caldow, C. S. Rand (Baltimore, United States Of America; Brighton, Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
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Predictors of methacholine responsiveness in a population of patients with suspected bronchial asthma
F. Lavorini, L. Carrozzi, C. Marmai, L. Mariani, M. Chiostri, N. M. Maluccio, G. Camiciottoli, W. Castellani, G. A. Fontana, M. Pistolesi (Florence, Pisa, Italy)
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Asthma care in a large teaching hospital: more than 10 years with guidelines and still failing
S. J. Scott, R. M. Angus (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
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Adult asthma surveillance: South Australia 2002
R. E. Ruffin, D. Wilson, R. Adams (Adelaide, Australia)
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Plasma C-reactive protein, pulmonary function and bronchial hyperresponsiveness. A population-based study
S. Kony, M. Zureik, F. Driss, C. Neukirch, B. Leynaert, F. Neukirch (Paris, Villejuif, France)
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Follow-up studies of symptoms of asthma: the problem of reporting error
S. Chinn (London, United Kingdom)
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Bias in retrospective studies of trends in asthma incidence
J. Brogger, T. Eagan, A. Gulsvik, B. Per (Bergen, Norway)
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Higher resource use and lower asthma-related QOL in patients with severe or difficult-to-treat asthma
E. R. Bleecker, B. W. Bresnahan, M. L. Hayden, E. H. Warren, Y. Deniz (San Franscisco, United States Of America)
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The effect of early life exposure to animals and self reported adult asthma
J. Potts, R. Sporik, J. Phillips, P. Burney (London, United Kingdom)
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Differences in asthma outpatient therapy - data from the EGEA study
F. Gormand, L. Laforest, C. Nemoz, Y. Pacheco, M. Perrin-Fayolle, E. Van Ganse (Lyon, France)
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Underdiagnosis and undertreatment of asthma in general population of Lodz Province (Poland)
I. Kuprys, A. Elgalal, B. Korzycka-Zaborowska, P. Gorski, P. Kuna (Lodz, Poland)
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Asthma prevalence in Asians living in north Manchester
J. Miles, S. Haq, N. Nawaz (Manchester, United Kingdom)
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Differences in asthma morbidity outcomes according to the disease initial severity
G. Sánchez, V. Plaza, J. Serra-Batlles, A. Comella, C. Badiola (Barcelona, Spain)
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