Epidemiology / Environment
Session
Health effects related to air pollution
Healthy Lungs for Life (HLfL)
ERS/BTS joint session
Aims : To inform the audience about the history of air pollution research; the impact of air pollution on respiratory health and related health effects; and new challenges and new directions in research and public health approaches.
Target audience :
Educationalist, Epidemiologist, Fellow, General practitioner, Junior member, Paediatrician, Patient, Public health official, Pulmonologist, Researcher, Respiratory physician, Student
Chairs
D. Fishwick
Sheffield (South Yorkshire)
(United Kingdom)
08:30
The great London smog of 1952 revisited
N. Baxter(Glasgow, United Kingdom)
COI
1
4767
09:00
Respiratory health impact of current air pollution levels in Europe
B. Brunekreef(Utrecht, Netherlands)
COI
2
4768
09:30
Cardiovascular health effects of air pollution
B. Hoffmann(Düsseldorf, Germany)
COI
3
4769
10:00
What are the remaining research questions on air pollution related health effects?
T. Sandström(Umeå, Sweden)
COI
4
4770
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