1015 Epidemiology and risk factors for asthma and COPD

Monday, 6 December 2010: 08:05 - 08:30
Giovanni Viegi, MD , CNR Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology, Palermo, Italy

Learning Objectives:
To define which epidemiologic factors are unique to asthma and COPD and those that are shared

To review the risk factors for the development of asthma and COPD

To provide insight into treating patients with overlapping conditions