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ECRHS
I was carried out in response to the world-wide increase in asthma prevalence
in the 1980s, which pointed to environmental factors being important in the
development of the disease. It was the first study to assess the prevalence
of asthma and allergic disease in young adults in many countries using a standardised
protocol. The multi-centre study began in 1990, collecting data from mainly
European countries. It was a two-stage study, with around 200,000 participants
in the questionnaire stage 1, and 26,000 in the clinical stage 2. A follow-up
study, ECRHS II, was carried out from 1998-2002. The study was funded by the
European Commission, as well as by other sources, as part of their Quality of
Life Programme. Over 200 papers have now been published, and more reports from
ECRHS II are in preparation.
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Funding |
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Copenhagen 2005 |
ERS Munich 2006 |
Centres
involved in ECRHS II
