Health policy

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Occupational lung disease
An international prospective general population-based study of respiratory work disability

K Torén, J-P Zock, M Kogevinas, E Plana, J Sunyer, K Radon, D Jarvis, H Kromhout, A d’Errico, F Payo, J M Antó, and P D Blanc
Thorax 2009 64: 339 -344; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.105007 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Respiratory applications of telemedicine

Christopher B Cooper
Thorax 2009; 64: 189-191. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Epidemiology
Underestimation of airflow obstruction among young adults using FEV₁/FVC <70% as a fixed cut-off: a longitudinal evaluation of clinical and functional outcomes

I Cerveri, A G Corsico, S Accordini, R Niniano, E Ansaldo, J M Antó, N Künzli, C Janson, J Sunyer, D Jarvis, C Svanes, T Gislason, J Heinrich, J P Schouten, M Wjst, P Burney, and R de Marco
Thorax 2008 63: 1040 -1045; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.095554 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendix ]  

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Using the lower limit of normal for the FEV₁/FVC ratio reduces the misclassification of airway obstruction

M P Swanney, G Ruppel, P L Enright, O F Pedersen, R O Crapo, M R Miller, R L Jensen, E Falaschetti, J P Schouten, J L Hankinson, J Stocks, and P H Quanjer
Thorax 2008 63: 1046 -1051; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.098483 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendix ]  

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Cost effectiveness of therapy with combinations of long acting bronchodilators and inhaled steroids for treatment of COPD

M Najafzadeh, C A Marra, M Sadatsafavi, S D Aaron, S D Sullivan, K L Vandemheen, P W Jones, and J M Fitzgerald
Thorax 2008 63: 962 -967; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2007.089557 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Recent advances in exacerbations of asthma

Annemarie Sykes, Terence Seemungal, and ICEAD contributors
Thorax 2008; 63: 758-760. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendix ]  

Editorials
Use of β blockers in patients with COPD

David H Au
Thorax 2008; 63: 296-298. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Long-term exposures to air pollution

Jon G Ayres
Thorax 2007; 62: 1037-1038. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Moulds and asthma: time for indoor climate change?

Ashley Woodcock
Thorax 2007; 62: 745-746. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tuberculosis
Isolation prevalence of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria in Ontario, 1997–2003

Theodore K Marras, Pamela Chedore, Alicia M Ying, and Frances Jamieson
Thorax 2007 62: 661 -666; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2006.070797 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]