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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Methods in epidemiology and miscellaneous

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: C. Janson (Uppsala, Sweden), L. Carrozzi (Pisa, Italy)
Quality management in epidemiology. A pilot survey in the EGEA study
C. Ravault, I. Pin, E. Mekong-Adiogo, N. Le Moual, J. Ferran, R. Matran, R. Nadif, M. P. Oryszczyn, F. Kauffmann (Villejuif, Grenoble, Paris, Lille, France)
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Development of a large international survey of COPD through the internet. The EPOCA Project
M. Miravitlles, A. Anzueto, C. Murio, A. Ramirez-Venegas, R. Sansores, S. Vilà, G. Tirado-Conde, M. Bergna, J. L. Sarquis, G. Levy, H. Muellerova, the EPOCA Group (Barcelona, Spain)
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A new portable cough monitoring system
F. Dalmasso, A. Mazzucato (Torino, Italy)
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Reference equations for inspiratory capacity (IC) from an Italian general population sample
F. Pistelli, M. Bottai, L. Carrozzi, A. Celi, F. Di Pede, S. Baldacci, G. Viegi (Pisa, Italy; Columbia, United States Of America)
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Normal values of 6-minute walk test in healthy Pakistani adults
N. A. Rao, I. Muhammad, A. B. S. Zubairi, A. Sadique, M. H. Khan (Karachi, Pakistan)
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Factors influencing response to a postal questionnaire about respiratory symptoms
M. L. Hazell, P. I. Frank, M. F. Linehan, T. L. Frank (Manchester, United Kingdom)
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Ex-smokers are early responders in mail survey and present high pollution annoyance scores
G. Verlato, R. Melotti, A. Corsico, M. Olivieri, M. Bugiani, L. Carrozzi, A. Marinoni, R. Dallari, P. Pirina, M. Rava, R. de Marco (Verona, Pavia, Torino, Pisa, Sassuolo, Sassari, Italy)
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Do non responders differ from responders in a mailed questionnaire among users of inhaled corticosteroids?
T. T. Menckeberg, M. L. Bouvy, M. Bracke, M. Koppelaar, J. A. M. Raaijmakers, H. G. M. Leufkens (Utrecht, Leiden, Netherlands)
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Time trends in smoking habits among italian young adults
A. G. Corsico, G. Verlato, R. Melotti, M. Bugiani, L. Carrozzi, A. Marinoni, R. Dallari, P. Pirina, P. Struzzo, M. Olivieri, I. Cerveri, R. de Marco (Pavia, Verona, Torino, Pisa, Modena, Sassari, Udine, Italy)
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Association of resting respiratory rate with lung function, heart rate, fitness and mortality
K. Stavem, J. E. Erikssen (Lørenskog, Norway)
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Effectiveness of nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy on cardiovascular outcomes in sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome
J. Cordero-Guevara, J. Teran-Santos, M. L. Alonso-Alvarez, J. Castrodeza-Sanz, M. J. Coma del Corral (Burgos, Valladolid, Spain)
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Prevalence and correlates of snoring in adolescents in Tehran, Iran
K. Bidad, S. Anari, A. Aghamohammadi, Z. Pourpak, H. Moayeri (Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
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Aetiology and clinical profile of spontaneous pneumothorax in north India
D. Gupta, S. Mishra, S. Faruqi, A. Agarwal (Chandigarh, India; Cottingham, United Kingdom)
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Incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) in the Pisa area
L. Marconi, C. Ribas, G. Bardi, M. Gherardi, G. Palmiero, N. Carpenè, C. Manta, M. Digiorgio, A. Palla (Pisa, Italy)
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Epidemiology of sarcoidosis in Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)
D. Pesut, R. Perovic, T. Adzic, J. Videnovic-Ivanov, J. Maric-Zivkovic, V. Vucinic, D. Jovanovic (Belgrade, Niksic-Brezovik, Serbia And Montenegro)
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The spectrum of acute respiratory disorders in tsunami victims
I. A. Yakirevich, N. A. Dolgina, A. V. Averianov (Zhukovsky, Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Modelling the 5-year cost-effectiveness of tiotropium, salmeterol and ipratropium for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Spain
M. P. M. H. Rutten-van Molken, J. B. Oostenbrink, M. Miravitlles, B. U. Monz (Rotterdam, Netherlands; Barcelona, Spain; Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany)
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Enhanced persistence with tiotropium compared with other respiratory drugs
N. S. Breekveldt-Postma, J. A. Erkens, D. Pettitt, S. F. Anton, R. M. C. Herings (Utrecht, Netherlands; New York, Ridgefield, United States Of America)
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Dyspnea and personality profile in asthmatics
R. Nowobilski, M. Furgal, B. de Barbaro, R. Polczyk, P. Czyz, J. Marciniak - Sroka, E. Nizankowska, A. Szczeklik (Kracow, Poland; La Roche sur Foron, France)
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Self-reported physician diagnosis of asthma and common mental disorders a among civil servants of an university in Rio de Janeiro – the Pro-Saude Study
K. Nogueira, C. Lopes, E. Faerstein (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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