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December 1999 (Volume 54, Number 12). [Index by author]

	(Expand the cover)	Editorials Original articles Short papers Review series Occasional reviews Case reports Letters to the editor

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Editorials

Diagnosing airflow obstruction in general practice
KEVIN JONES
Thorax 1999; 54: 1051-1052. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1051 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

The CF gene: 10 years on
D M GEDDES and E W F W ALTON
Thorax 1999; 54: 1052-1054. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1052 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gas cooking and respiratory disease
DEBORAH JARVIS
Thorax 1999; 54: 1054. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1054 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles

Can peak expiratory flow measurements reliably identify the presence of airway obstruction and bronchodilator response as assessed by FEV₁ in primary care patients presenting with a persistent cough?
H A Thiadens, G H De Bock, J C Van Houwelingen, F W Dekker, M W M De Waal, M P Springer, and D S Postma
Thorax 1999; 54: 1055-1060. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1055 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Effect of inhaled ozone on exhaled nitric oxide, pulmonary function, and induced sputum in normal and asthmatic subjects
Julia A Nightingale, Duncan F Rogers, and Peter J Barnes
Thorax 1999; 54: 1061-1069. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1061 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case-control study of hospital admission with asthma in children aged 5-14 years: relation with road traffic in north west London
P Wilkinson, P Elliott, C Grundy, G Shaddick, B Thakrar, P Walls, and S Falconer
Thorax 1999; 54: 1070-1074. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1070 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Effect of intravenous corticosteroid on ex vivo leukotriene generation by blood leucocytes of normal and asthmatic patients
Pauline P Hood, Timothy P Cotter, John F Costello, and Anthony P Sampson
Thorax 1999; 54: 1075-1082. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1075 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Acute effect of pretreatment with single conventional dose of salmeterol on dose-response curve to oxitropium bromide in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Mario Cazzola, Felice Di Perna, Stefano Centanni, Clara Califano, Claudio Ferdinando Donner, Maria D'Amato, and Gennaro D'Amato
Thorax 1999; 54: 1083-1086. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1083 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review of therapeutically equivalent alternatives to short acting $beta$ ₂ adrenoceptor agonists delivered via chlorofluorocarbon-containing inhalers
D A Hughes, A Woodcock, and T Walley
Thorax 1999; 54: 1087-1092. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1087 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fas and Fas ligand expression in cystic fibrosis airway epithelium
Isabelle Durieu, Carole Amsellem, Christian Paulin, Marie-Thérèse Chambe, Jacques Bienvenu, Gabriel Bellon, and Y Pacheco
Thorax 1999; 54: 1093-1098. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1093 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reading numbers aloud: a measure of the limiting effect of breathlessness in patients with cancer
Andrew Wilcock, Vincent Crosby, Debra Clarke, Ray Corcoran, and Anne Tattersfield
Thorax 1999; 54: 1099-1103. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1099 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Short papers

Respiratory symptoms in older people and use of domestic gas appliances
L Dow, L Phelps, L Fowler, K Waters, D Coggon, and S T Holgate
Thorax 1999; 54: 1104-1106. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1104 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review series

Rare diseases $bullet$ 5: Primary pulmonary hypertension
A J Peacock
Thorax 1999; 54: 1107-1118. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1107 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Occasional reviews

Gender differences in airway behaviour over the human life span
Margaret R Becklake and Francine Kauffmann
Thorax 1999; 54: 1119-1138. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1119 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports

Paradoxical embolism in a boy with cystic fibrosis and a stroke
S D Playfor and A R Smyth
Thorax 1999; 54: 1139-1140. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1139 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor

Surgery and respiratory muscles
G DRUMMOND;, N M SIAFAKAS, I MITROUSKA, D BOUROS, and D GEORGOPOULOS
Thorax 1999; 54: 1140. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1140 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Postoperative air leaks
M HENRY, J E HARVEY, A G ARNOLD;, DAVID A WALLER, JOHN G EDWARDS, and PALA B RAJESH
Thorax 1999; 54: 1140. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1140a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rare diseases
C M ROBERTS;, A E TATTERSFIELD, and R M DU BOIS
Thorax 1999; 54: 1140. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1140b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Aspergillus fumigatus: re-invention of the wheel
ANTHONY SEATON;, TAKOKO MURAYAMA, and RYOICHI AMITANI
Thorax 1999; 54: 1140. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1140c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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	Diagnosing airflow obstruction in general practice KEVIN JONES Thorax 1999; 54: 1051-1052. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1051 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The CF gene: 10 years on D M GEDDES and E W F W ALTON Thorax 1999; 54: 1052-1054. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1052 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gas cooking and respiratory disease DEBORAH JARVIS Thorax 1999; 54: 1054. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1054 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Can peak expiratory flow measurements reliably identify the presence of airway obstruction and bronchodilator response as assessed by FEV₁ in primary care patients presenting with a persistent cough? H A Thiadens, G H De Bock, J C Van Houwelingen, F W Dekker, M W M De Waal, M P Springer, and D S Postma Thorax 1999; 54: 1055-1060. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1055 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of inhaled ozone on exhaled nitric oxide, pulmonary function, and induced sputum in normal and asthmatic subjects Julia A Nightingale, Duncan F Rogers, and Peter J Barnes Thorax 1999; 54: 1061-1069. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1061 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Case-control study of hospital admission with asthma in children aged 5-14 years: relation with road traffic in north west London P Wilkinson, P Elliott, C Grundy, G Shaddick, B Thakrar, P Walls, and S Falconer Thorax 1999; 54: 1070-1074. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1070 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of intravenous corticosteroid on ex vivo leukotriene generation by blood leucocytes of normal and asthmatic patients Pauline P Hood, Timothy P Cotter, John F Costello, and Anthony P Sampson Thorax 1999; 54: 1075-1082. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1075 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute effect of pretreatment with single conventional dose of salmeterol on dose-response curve to oxitropium bromide in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Mario Cazzola, Felice Di Perna, Stefano Centanni, Clara Califano, Claudio Ferdinando Donner, Maria D'Amato, and Gennaro D'Amato Thorax 1999; 54: 1083-1086. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1083 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of therapeutically equivalent alternatives to short acting $beta$ ₂ adrenoceptor agonists delivered via chlorofluorocarbon-containing inhalers D A Hughes, A Woodcock, and T Walley Thorax 1999; 54: 1087-1092. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1087 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fas and Fas ligand expression in cystic fibrosis airway epithelium Isabelle Durieu, Carole Amsellem, Christian Paulin, Marie-Thérèse Chambe, Jacques Bienvenu, Gabriel Bellon, and Y Pacheco Thorax 1999; 54: 1093-1098. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1093 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reading numbers aloud: a measure of the limiting effect of breathlessness in patients with cancer Andrew Wilcock, Vincent Crosby, Debra Clarke, Ray Corcoran, and Anne Tattersfield Thorax 1999; 54: 1099-1103. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1099 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Respiratory symptoms in older people and use of domestic gas appliances L Dow, L Phelps, L Fowler, K Waters, D Coggon, and S T Holgate Thorax 1999; 54: 1104-1106. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1104 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rare diseases $bullet$ 5: Primary pulmonary hypertension A J Peacock Thorax 1999; 54: 1107-1118. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1107 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gender differences in airway behaviour over the human life span Margaret R Becklake and Francine Kauffmann Thorax 1999; 54: 1119-1138. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1119 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paradoxical embolism in a boy with cystic fibrosis and a stroke S D Playfor and A R Smyth Thorax 1999; 54: 1139-1140. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1139 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgery and respiratory muscles G DRUMMOND;, N M SIAFAKAS, I MITROUSKA, D BOUROS, and D GEORGOPOULOS Thorax 1999; 54: 1140. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1140 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Postoperative air leaks M HENRY, J E HARVEY, A G ARNOLD;, DAVID A WALLER, JOHN G EDWARDS, and PALA B RAJESH Thorax 1999; 54: 1140. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1140a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rare diseases C M ROBERTS;, A E TATTERSFIELD, and R M DU BOIS Thorax 1999; 54: 1140. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1140b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Aspergillus fumigatus: re-invention of the wheel ANTHONY SEATON;, TAKOKO MURAYAMA, and RYOICHI AMITANI Thorax 1999; 54: 1140. doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1140c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]