Epidemiologic studies

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Interstitial lung disease
Pulmonary vascular resistance predicts early mortality in patients with diffuse fibrotic lung disease and suspected pulmonary hypertension

T J Corte, S J Wort, M A Gatzoulis, P Macdonald, D M Hansell, and A U Wells
Thorax 2009 64: 883 -888; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.112847 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]  

Asthma
Obesity, waist size and prevalence of current asthma in the California Teachers Study cohort

J Von Behren, M Lipsett, P L Horn-Ross, R J Delfino, F Gilliland, R McConnell, L Bernstein, C A Clarke, and P Reynolds
Thorax 2009 64: 889 -893; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2009.114579 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Epidemiology
Chronic bronchitis before age 50 years predicts incident airflow limitation and mortality risk

S Guerra, D L Sherrill, C Venker, C M Ceccato, M Halonen, and F D Martinez
Thorax 2009 64: 894 -900; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.110619 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]  

Editorials
The β₂ receptor and airway hyper-responsiveness: are sensory nerves involved?

Clive Page
Thorax 2009; 64: 738-739. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Mechanisms of adverse effects of β-agonists in asthma

Sebastian L Johnston and Michael R Edwards
Thorax 2009; 64: 739-741. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Respiratory infection
Serum bilirubin levels on ICU admission are associated with ARDS development and mortality in sepsis

R Zhai, C C Sheu, L Su, M N Gong, P Tejera, F Chen, Z Wang, M P Convery, B T Thompson, and D C Christiani
Thorax 2009 64: 784 -790; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2009.113464 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]  

BTS guidelines
BTS guidelines for home oxygen in children

I M Balfour-Lynn, D J Field, P Gringras, B Hicks, E Jardine, R C Jones, A G Magee, R A Primhak, M P Samuels, N J Shaw, S Stevens, C Sullivan, J A Taylor, C Wallis on behalf of the Paediatric Section of the Home Oxygen Guideline Development Group of the BTS Standards of Care Committee
Thorax 2009; 64: ii1-26ii. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Lung function effects of chronic exposure to air pollution

Jordi Sunyer
Thorax 2009; 64: 645-646. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Environmental exposure
Traffic-related air pollution correlates with adult-onset asthma among never-smokers

N Künzli, P-O Bridevaux, L-J S Liu, R Garcia-Esteban, C Schindler, M W Gerbase, J Sunyer, D Keidel, T Rochat on behalf of SAPALDIA Team (Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults)
Thorax 2009 64: 664 -670; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.110031 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]  

Tuberculosis
Association between biomass fuel and pulmonary tuberculosis: a nested case–control study

C Kolappan and R Subramani
Thorax 2009 64: 705 -708; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.109405 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]