February 2012

Volume 67

Issue 2

Impact factor: 6.525

Thorax is one of the world's leading respiratory medicine journals, publishing clinical and experimental research articles on respiratory medicine, paediatrics, immunology, pharmacology, pathology, and surgery. Thorax is one of the highest ISI ranked journals covering all aspects of pulmonary medicine. Each issue covers topics such as COPD, asthma, smoking, respiratory infection and lung cancer.

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Nursing-home-acquired pneumonia in Germany: an 8-year prospective multicentre study

The epidemiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has undergone significant changes in the past few decades. Patients with CAP present at an increasingly older age and with severe disabilities. Mortality in these patients is usually high, reaching up to...
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Hot topic

This month Thorax looks at Occupational lung disease with the following free paper:
A 37-year observation of mortality in Chinese chrysotile asbestos workers >>

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Nocturnal temperature controlled laminar airflow for treating atopic asthma: a randomised controlled trial

In patients with atopic asthma, the abnormal immune response to inhalant allergens is an important contributor to symptoms. Studies undertaken...
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