Health policy

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Epidemiology
Physical activity and bronchial hyperresponsiveness: European Community Respiratory Health Survey II

Rafea Shaaban, Bénédicte Leynaert, David Soussan, Josep M Antó, Susan Chinn, Roberto de Marco, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Joachim Heinrich, Christer Janson, Deborah Jarvis, Jordi Sunyer, Cecilie Svanes, Matthias Wjst, Peter G Burney, Françoise Neukirch, and Mahmoud Zureik
Thorax 2007 62: 403 -410; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2006.068205 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tuberculosis
Surgery for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis: report of 121 cases receiving community-based treatment in Lima, Peru

Jose G Somocurcio, Alfredo Sotomayor, Sonya Shin, Silvia Portilla, Maria Valcarcel, Dalia Guerra, and Jennifer Furin
Thorax 2007 62: 416 -421; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2005.051961 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ erratum ]  

Sleep disordered breathing
Randomised study of three non-surgical treatments in mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea

Bing Lam, Kim Sam, Wendy YW Mok, Man Tat Cheung, Daniel YT Fong, Jamie CM Lam, David CL Lam, Loretta YC Yam, and Mary SM lp
Thorax 2007 62: 354 -359; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2006.063644 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
What is (and what is not) a COPD exacerbation: thoughts from the new GOLD guidelines

J R Hurst and J A Wedzicha
Thorax 2007; 62: 198-199. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Asthma
Asthma is associated with preterm birth but not with small for gestational age status among a population-based cohort of Medicaid-enrolled children <10 years of age

Bradford D Gessner and Marc-Andre R Chimonas
Thorax 2007 62: 231 -236; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2005.053363 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Respiratory infection
Reducing door-to-antibiotic time in community-acquired pneumonia: controlled before-and-after evaluation and cost-effectiveness analysis

Gavin Barlow, Dilip Nathwani, Fiona Williams, Simon Ogston, John Winter, Michael Jones, Peter Slane, Elizabeth Myers, Frank Sullivan, Nicola Stevens, Rebecca Duffey, Karen Lowden, and Peter Davey
Thorax 2007 62: 67 -74; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2005.056689 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendices ]  

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Prevalence, diagnosis and relation to tobacco dependence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a nationally representative population sample

L Shahab, M J Jarvis, J Britton, and R West
Thorax 2006 61: 1043 -1047; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2006.064410 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lung alerts
CPAP for OSA is cost effective

G Hands
Thorax 2006; 61: 999. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lung alerts
No need to stay in hospital after antibiotic switch in pneumonia

M Pagaria
Thorax 2006; 61: 908-a. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lung alerts
Nursing home residents and pneumonia hospitalisation

S Surindran
Thorax 2006; 61: 755. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]