xiv Contributors Nicolino Ambrosino Cardio-Thoracic Dept University Hospital Pisa, Italy n.ambrosino@ao-pisa.toscana.it Isabella Annesi-Maesano Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 6 Medical School Saint-Antoine UMR S 707: EPAR Paris, France isabella.annesi-maesano@inserm.fr Andrea Antonelli Allergologia e Fisiopatologia Respiratoria, ASO S. Croce e Carle Cuneo, Italy andrea-antonelli@tiscali.it Bruno Balbi Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS Veruno, Italy bruno.balbi@fsm.it Sandra Baldacci Pulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Clinical Physiology National Research Council Pisa, Italy baldas@ifc.cnr.it Peter J. Barnes National Heart and Lung Institute Imperial College London, UK p.j.barnes@imperial.ac.uk Bianca Beghé Section of Respiratory Diseases Department of Oncology Haematology and Respiratory Diseases University Policlinic of Modena University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Modena, Italy bianca.beghe@unimore.it Francesco Blasi Respiratory Medicine Section Dipartimento Toraco-Polmonare e Cardiocircolatorio Università degli Studi di Milano and IRCCS Fondazione Cà Granda Milan, Italy francesco.blasi@unimi.it Konrad E. Bloch Pulmonary Division University Hospital of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland konrad.bloch@usz.ch Chief Editors Paolo Palange Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy paolo.palange@uniroma1.it Authors Anita K. Simonds NIHR Respiratory Disease Biomedical Research Unit Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust London, UK a.simonds@rbht.nhs.uk