Annual Congress Munich 2006

Saturday, 02.09.2006
Sunday, 03.09.2006
Monday, 04.09.2006
Tuesday, 05.09.2006
Wednesday, 06.09.2006

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, abstract number.

Material from 2006:

4395 Abstracts
610 Slide presentations
175 Webcasts
95 Handouts
175 Multimedia files

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PG3 - Update on occupational and environmental lung disease, including "bring your own cases" for interactive discussion

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: D. Hendrick (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom), P. S. Burge (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Aims: This course is designed to provide the audience with new information, summarize topics of current concern and encourage interactive debate in occupational and environmental lung disease. The main aims are:
• to provide an update on topics of current concern or uncertainty;
• to provide a forum for informal discussion of cases submitted by the participants. Target audience: Physicians and epidemiologists with a special interest in occupational and environmental causes of lung disease. The programme will also be of relevance to respiratory physicians and trainees in general.

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Metals and interstitial lung disease W. Beckett (Rochester, United States of America)
Occupational asthma: perspective on diagnostic tests C. Mapp (Ferrara, Italy)
Fitness for flying and diving H. Matthys (Freiburg, Germany)
COPD: causal factors other than active smoking K. Toren (Goteborg, Sweden)
Lung cancer: causal factors other than active smoking J. Pairon (Creteil, France)
Asbestos-induced pleurisy and its possible sequelae P. De Vuyst (Brussels, Belgium)
*Flocking, popcorn and an ingested Asian shrub (Sauropus androgynus)* K. Kreiss (Morgantown, United States of America)
SARS and bird flu E. Ong (Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom)