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Volume 177 Issue 6 Supplement

16 September 2002

Early childhood asthma: what we know and what we need to know

Proceedings of the Macquarie Bank Asthma Australia Research Colloquium, 7-9 February, 2002
Participants
    Macquarie Bank - Asthma Australia Research Colloquium
Dr Alaina Ammit
Assoc. Prof Gary Anderson
Dr Sandra Anderson
Mr John Bell
Professor Norbert Berend
Professor Judy Black
Dr John Brannan
Assoc. Professor Peter Bye
Dr Dianne Campbell
Ms Lindsay Cane
Dr Anne Chang
Dr Noel Cranswick		 Dr Dominic Fitzgerald
Dr Nicholas Glasgow
Professor Richard Henry
Professor James Hogg
Dr David Isaacs
Dr Preeti Joshi
Professor Andrew Kemp
Professor Lou Landau
Professor Peter Le Souëf
Ms Susie Lough
Dr Brent Masters
Dr Karen McKay
 Professor Craig Mellis
Professor Colin Robertson
Assoc. Prof Susan Sawyer
Dr Rima Staugas
Dr Stephen Stick
Dr Mimi Tang
Mr Matthew Tweedie
Assoc. Prof Peter Van Asperen
Dr Claire Wainwright
Mrs Anne Wilson
Special thanks to Dr Karen McKay for her pivotal role in coordinating this publication.

Foreword

Kay Patterson

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S35 Open Access

Foreword

David Clarke

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S36 Open Access

Early childhood asthma

Craig M Mellis and Louis I Landau

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S37 Open Access

Definitions and early natural history

Louis I Landau

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S38 Open Access

Risk factors and epidemiology

Peter N Le Souëf

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S40 Open Access

Long-term outcome of childhood asthma

Colin F Robertson

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S42 Open Access

The contribution of airway structure to early childhood asthma

Karen O McKay and James C Hogg

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S45 Open Access

The immunobiology of early asthma

Gary P Anderson

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S47 Open Access

Respiratory infections and asthma

David Isaacs and Preeti Joshi

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S50 Open Access

Do allergens play a role in early childhood asthma?

Andrew S Kemp

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S52 Open Access

Pulmonary physiology, airway responsiveness and asthma

Stephen M Stick

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S55 Open Access

Invasive monitoring of airway inflammation

Richard L Henry

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S57 Open Access

Non-invasive monitoring of airway inflammation

Stephen M Stick

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S59 Open Access

Exercise-induced asthma in children: a marker of airway inflammation

Sandra D Anderson

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S61 Open Access

Current drug therapies: relievers and preventers

Peter P Van Asperen

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S64 Open Access

Therapeutic prospects for early asthma

Gary P Anderson

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S66 Open Access

Drug delivery

Peter N Le Souëf

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S69 Open Access

Action plans, self-monitoring and adherence: changing behaviour to promote better self-management

Susan M Sawyer

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S72 Open Access

Is prevention of childhood asthma possible? Allergens, infections and animals

Mimi LK Tang

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S75 Open Access

Is asthma prevention possible with dietary manipulation?

Craig M Mellis

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (6 Suppl): S78 Open Access