Health effects of tobacco use

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Prediction of the rate of decline in FEV₁ in smokers using quantitative computed tomography

R Yuan, J C Hogg, P D Paré, D D Sin, J C Wong, Y Nakano, A M McWilliams, S Lam, and H O Coxson
Thorax 2009 64: 944 -949; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.112433 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendices ]  

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COPD and cancer mortality: the influence of statins

Y R B M van Gestel, S E Hoeks, D D Sin, V Hüzeir, H Stam, F W Mertens, R T van Domburg, J J Bax, and D Poldermans
Thorax 2009 64: 963 -967; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2009.116731 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendices ]  

BTS guidelines
BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009

W S Lim, S V Baudouin, R C George, A T Hill, C Jamieson, I Le Jeune, J T Macfarlane, R C Read, H J Roberts, M L Levy, M Wani, M A Woodhead, and Pneumonia Guidelines Committee of the BTS Standards of Care Committee
Thorax 2009; 64: iii1-55iii. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lung cancer
Is investigation of patients with haemoptysis and normal chest radiograph justified?

M Thirumaran, R Sundar, I M Sutcliffe, and D C Currie
Thorax 2009 64: 854 -856; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.108795 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Where there’s smoke... there’s tuberculosis

Stephen Gordon and Jamie Rylance
Thorax 2009; 64: 649-650. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lung cancer
Factors contributing to the time taken to consult with symptoms of lung cancer: a cross-sectional study

S M Smith, N C Campbell, U MacLeod, A J Lee, A Raja, S Wyke, S B Ziebland, E M Duff, L D Ritchie, and M C Nicolson
Thorax 2009 64: 523 -531; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.096560 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Change in smoking status after low-dose spiral chest CT screening for lung cancer: opportunity for smoking intervention

Matthew M Clark and James R Jett
Thorax 2009; 64: 371-372. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lung cancer
Effect of CT screening on smoking habits at 1-year follow-up in the Danish Lung Cancer Screening Trial (DLCST)

H Ashraf, P Tønnesen, J Holst Pedersen, A Dirksen, H Thorsen, and M Døssing
Thorax 2009 64: 388 -392; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.102475 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Low-dose theophylline enhances the anti-inflammatory effects of steroids during exacerbations of COPD

B G Cosio, A Iglesias, A Rios, A Noguera, E Sala, K Ito, P J Barnes, and A Agusti
Thorax 2009 64: 424 -429; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.103432 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Antagonism of tumour necrosis factor in refractory asthma

Mike A Berry and Ian D Pavord
Thorax 2008; 63: 571-572. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]