Health service research

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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
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]  

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]  

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]