Hot topics
Environment, air pollution, health and respiratory disease
Clinical
Aims : To discuss the need for clean air by patients with asthma and allergies; to explain the impact of air pollutants on the early origins of airway disease; to present the main effects of heat on health and its interaction with air pollution; to explain the link between inhaled therapies and pollution.
Target audience :
Adult pulmonologist/Clinician, Clinical researcher, General practitioner, Medical Student, Nurse, Patient, Physician in Pulmonary Training
Methods :
Epidemiology, Public health
14:45
Introduction
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The need for clean air: asthma and allergy
B. Hoffmann(Düsseldorf, Germany)
COI
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Description
2
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15:05
Air pollutants: mechanisms in the early origins of airway disease
S. Carraro(Padova (PD), Italy)
COI
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Description
3
1245
15:20
Beyond heat stroke: effects of heat on health
A. Vicedo Cabrera(Bern, Switzerland)
COI
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Description
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15:35
Inhaled therapies: plastics, propellants, and pollutants
O. Usmani(London, United Kingdom)
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Description
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15:50
Discussion and Q&A
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