PUBLISHED BY THE EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOCIETY CHIEF EDITORS Paolo Palange (Rome, Italy) Gerhot Rohde (Frankfurt, Germany) ERS STAFF Caroline Ashford-Bentley, Alice Bartlett, Matt Broadhead, Alyson Cann, Sarah Cleveland, Rachel Gozzard, Jonathan Hansen, Catherine Pumphrey, Elin Reeves, Claire Marchant, Ben Watson © 2019 European Respiratory Society Design by Claire Marchant, ERS Typeset in India by Nova Techset Indexed by Merrall-Ross International, UK Printed in UK by Latimer Trend & Co. Ltd, UK All material is copyright to the European Respiratory Society. It may not be reproduced in any way including electronically without the express permission of the society. CONTACT, PERMISSIONS AND SALES REQUESTS: European Respiratory Society, 442 Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2PX, UK Tel: +44 114 2672860 Fax: +44 114 2665064 e-mail: books@ersnet.org ISBN 978-1-84984-079-8 ERS_Handbook.pdf 2 ERS_Handbook.pdf 8/30/2019 2:11:39 PM 8/30/2019 2:11:39