ISAAC Phase Three Environmental Questionnaire Study Groups
Principal Investigators and Study Centres
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Antibiotics Study Group
- Barbados
- Barbados - Dr M E Howitt§ - Carlton Clinic
- Belgium
- Antwerp - Prof J Weyler - Epidemiology & Social Medicine, University of Antwerp CDE
- Brazil
- Salvador - Assoc Prof L de Freitas Souza - Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal da Bahia
- Canada
- Saskatoon - Dr D Rennie - c/- Centre for Agricultural Medicine
- Chile
- South Santiago - Dr P Aguilar - Broncopulmonar Infantil, Hospital CRS El Pino
- Punta Arenas - Dr L Amarales - Children Respiratory Service, Regional Hospital "Lautaro Navarro"
- Colombia
- Bogota - Dr G Aristizabal - Instituto de Enfermedades Respiratorias del Niño S.A.
- Barranquilla - Dr A M Cepeda§ - Hospital Universitario Metropolitano, Universidad Metropolitana
- Estonia
- Tallinn - Dr M A Riikjärv§ - Tallinn Children's Hospital
- Hungary
- Svabhegy - Dr G Zsigmond§ - Department of Clinical Immunology, Pediatric Institute Svábhegy
- India
- Lucknow - Prof S Awasthi - Department of Pediatrics,King George's Medical College
- Davangere - Dr P S Suresh Babu - Bapuji Child Health Institute and Research Centre, J.J.M. Medical College
- Rasta Peth - Assoc Prof S Bhave - Department of Pediatrics, KEM Hospital Research Centre
- Pune - Dr N M Hanumante - Ruby Hall Clinic
- Jodhpur - Dr K C Jain - Pioneer Medical Centre, Subhash Chowk
- Mumbai (16) - Dr Mohan Keshav Joshi - Panjat Hospital
- Mumbai (18) - Dr Asha Vijaykumar Pherwani - P.D. Hinduja National Hospital
- Mumbai (29) - Dr Sumant Narayan Mantri - Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre
- Bangalore - Prof S Rego - Department of Pediatrics, St John`s Medical College & Hospital
- Nagpur, Pimpri - Dr S Salvi - Chest Research Foundation, Marigold Premises
- NewDelhi [7] - Prof S K Sharma - Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- Jaipur - Prof V Singh - Pulmonary Medicine Division, SMS Medical College
- Kottayam - Dr T U Sukumaran - Institute of Child Health, Medical College Kottayam
- Indonesia
- Bandung - Prof Dr C B Kartasasmita - Department of Child Health, School of Medicine - Padjajaran University, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital
- Iran
- Rasht, Tehran - Dr M R Masjedi§ - Masih Daneshvary Hospital
- Isle of Man
- Isle of Man - Dr A Steriu - Public Health Specialist, Information and Research, Joint Information Unit, Dept of Home Affairs
- Japan
- Fukuoka - Dr H Odajima - Department of Pediatrics, The National Minami Fukuoka Chest Hospital
- Kyrgyzstan
- Bishkek - Dr C Imanalieva§ - Kyrgyz Scientific Research Institute of Obstetrics and Pediatrics
- Lithuania
- Kaunas - Assoc Prof J Kudzyte§ - Clinic of Children's Diseases, Kaunas Medical University
- Malaysia
- Kota Bharu - Assoc Prof B S Quah - Department of Paediatrics, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
- Alor Setar - Dr K H Teh - Hospital Alor Setar, Kedah
- Mexico
- Merida - Dr M Baeza Bacab§ - Facultad de Medicina, University Autónoma de Yucatán
- Ciudad de Mexico [3] - Dra M Barragan Meijueiro - Pediatric Allergist, CoMAAIPE
- Ciudad de Mexico [1] - Dra B E Del-Río-Navarro - Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez
- Ciudad Victoria - Dr R García-Almaraz - Hospital Infantil de Tamaulipas
- Monterrey - Dr S N González-Díaz - Centro Regiona para la Prevencion y el Tratamiento de las Enfermedades Alergica, Hospital Universitario, NL, Consulta #5, "Allergias"
- Toluca - Dr F J Linares-Zapién - Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
- Mexicali Valley - Dr J V Merida Palacio - Isesalud
- Villahermosa - Dr S Romero Tapia - Hospital del Niño "Dr. Rodolfo Nieto Padrón"
- Cuernavaca - Prof I Romieu - PAHO, Universidad · 655
- New Zealand
- Auckland - Prof Innes Asher§ - Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland
- Bay of Plenty - Dr Chris Moyes - Director of Paediatrics, Pacific Health, Whakatane Hospital
- Christchurch - Assoc Prof Philip Pattemore - Department of Paediatrics, Christchurch School of Medicine
- Nelson - Dr Richard MacKay - Canterbury Health Laboratories
- Nigeria
- Ibadan - Prof B O Onadeko - Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Nigeria
- Panama
- David Panama - Dr G Cukier§ - Pulmonary and Bronchoscopy Pediatrics Section, Hospital Materno Infantil Jose Domingo de Obaldia
- Poland
- Poznan - Assoc Prof A Brêborowicz - Institute of Pediatrics, University of Medical Sciences
- Krakow - Assoc Prof G Lis§ - Department of Pediatrics, Polish-American Children's Hospital
- Portugal
- Funchal - Dra Rita Câmara - Serviço de Medicina, Centro Hospitilar do Funchal
- Lisbon - Prof José E Rosado Pinto§ - Servico de Immunoalergologia, Departamento de Medicina, Hospital Dona Estefânia
- Portimao - Dr Carlos Nunes - Center of Allergy and Immunology of Algarve
- Porto - Dr José M Lopes dos Santos - Departameto de Pediatria, Hospital Pedro Hispano
- South Korea
- Provincial Korea, Seoul - Prof H B Lee§ - Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine
- Spain
- A Coruña - Dr Angel López - Silvarrey Varela - Polígono de A Grela, Edificio WorkCenter
- Asturias - Dr Ignacio Carvajal Urueña - Nacional Institute of Health, Centro de Salud de La Ería
- Barcelona - Dr Rosa M Busquets - Metge Adjunt, Unitat de Pneumologia Pediatica, Hospital del Mar
- Bilbao - Dr Carlos González Díaz - Urgencias de Pediatria. Pabellon Makua, Hospital de Basurto
- Cartagena - Prof Luis García - Marcos§ - Paediatric Allergy and Pulmonology Units, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Children's Hospital, University of Murcia
- Madrid - Dr Gloria Garcia - Hernández - Division of Paediatric Pulmonology and Allergy, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
- Valencia - Prof Maria M Morales Suárez - Varela - Unitat de Salut Pública, Higiene y Sanitat Ambiental, Departamento Medicina Preventiva, Universitat de València
- Valladolid - Prof Alfredo Blanco Quirós - Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina
- Sultanate of Oman
- Al Khod - Assoc Prof O Al Rawas§ - Head, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University
- Syrian Arab Republic:
- Tartous - Dr S Mohammad§ - Head of Paediatrics Department
- Lattakia - Prof Y Mohammad - Head of Chest Diseases Division, Tishreen University
- Taiwan
- Taipei - Dr J L Huang§ - Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital
- Taoyuan - Dr C C Kao - Department of Pediatrics, Li-Shin Hospital
- Thailand
- Chiang Mai - Assoc Prof M Trakultivakorn - Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University
- Bangkok - Dr P Vichyanond§ - Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
- Uruguay
- Paysandu - Dra M C Lapides - Hospital Paysandú
- § National Coordinators.
- ISAAC National Coordinators not identified above
- Brazil - Prof D Sole
- Canada - Prof M Sears
- Chile - Dra V Aguirre
- India - Dr J Shah
- Isle of Man - Prof R Anderson
- Japan - Prof S Nishima
- Malaysia - Assoc Prof J de Bruyne
- Uruguay - Dra D Holgado.
- Steering committee
- N Aït - Khaled* (Union Internationale Contre la Tuberculose et les Maladies Respiratoires, Paris, France)
- H R Anderson (Department of Public Health Sciences, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK)
- M I Asher (Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
- R Beasley* (Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand)
- B Björkstén* (Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)
- B Brunekreef (Institute of Risk Assessment Science, Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands)
- J Crane (Wellington Asthma Research Group, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand)
- P Ellwood (Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
- C Flohr - Centre for Evidence - based Dermatology Nottingham University Hospital's Queen's Medical Centre Campus
- S Foliaki* - Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
- F Forastiere - Department of Epidemiology, Rome Environmental Health Authority
- L García - Marcos (Instituto de Salud Respiratoria, Universidad de Murcia, Spain)
- U Keil* (Institut für Epidemiologie und Sozialmedizin, Universität Münster, Germany)
- C K W Lai* (Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, SAR China)
- J Mallol* (Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Santiago de Chile, Chile)
- C F Robertson (Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia)
- E A Mitchell (Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
- S Montefort* (Department of Medicine, University of Malta, Malta)
- J Odhiambo*† (Centre Respiratory Diseases Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya)
- N Pearce (Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand)
- J Shah* (Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai, India)
- A W Stewart (Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
- D Strachan (Department of Public Health Sciences, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK)
- E von Mutius (Dr von Haunerschen Kinderklinik de Universität München, Germany)
- S K Weiland† (Department of Epidemiology, University of Ulm, Germany)
- G Weinmayr (Institute of Epidemiology, University of Ulm, Germany)
- H Williams (Centre for Evidence Based Dermatology, Queen’s Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK)
- G Wong (Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, SAR China)
- (*Regional coordinators †deceased).
- ISAAC International Data Centre:
- M I Asher, T O Clayton, P Ellwood, E A Mitchell (Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
- and A W Stewart (School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand).