ERS International Congress 2020: highlights from the Epidemiology and Environment Assembly
Diana A van der Plaat1, Aino K Rantala2,3, Sheikh M Alif4
1National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Abstract:
In this article, early career members of the Epidemiology and Environment Assembly of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) summarise a selection of five sessions from the ERS 2020 Virtual International Congress. The topics covered include risk factors for chronic respiratory diseases over the life course, from early life origins to occupational exposures in adulthood, and the interplay between these risk factors, including gene-environment interactions. Novel results were also presented on smoking prevention and potential risks of vaping. Finally, the challenges and opportunities for epidemiological and environmental research brought by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic were a major topic of this year's congress.
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