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Famously, the anti-European party UKIP failed to do well in the elections in London because, as a spokesperson stated as her foot disappeared down her throat and out of her bottom, ‘London is full of young educated people’. This issue of Thorax, produced by and for educated people of all ages, celebrates our European friends, to coincide with the ERS in Munich. We have a European themed cover, manuscripts from all over Europe and would like more. Enjoy Munich and enjoy Thorax, and send us your best manuscripts!
A long time ago, in a city far far away
The Melbourne Asthma Cohort has been running for half a century (a great achievement) and in this issue of the journal, they report that children with severe asthma diagnosed at ten years of age have a staggering 32-fold increased risk of developing COPD at age 50; these COPD patients had the lowest lung function at age 10; and nearly half of the COPD patients had never smoked (Editors’ choice, see page 805). The rates of lung function …
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