Editorials

	In what way may race, ethnicity or culture influence asthma outcomes? M R PARTRIDGE Thorax 2000; 55: 175-176. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.175 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles

	Asthma education and quality of life in the community: a randomised controlled study to evaluate the impact on white European and Indian subcontinent ethnic groups from socioeconomically deprived areas in Birmingham, UK H Moudgil, T Marshall, and D Honeybourne Thorax 2000; 55: 177-183. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.177 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Relationship between exhaled nitric oxide and mucosal eosinophilic inflammation in mild to moderately severe asthma Sam Lim, Anon Jatakanon, Sally Meah, Timothy Oates, Kian Fan Chung, and Peter J Barnes Thorax 2000; 55: 184-188. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.184 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Is there any relationship between plasma antioxidant capacity and lung function in smokers and in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Irfan Rahman, Elzbieta Swarska, Michael Henry, Jan Stolk, and William MacNee Thorax 2000; 55: 189-193. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.189 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Lack of association between ipratropium bromide and mortality in elderly patients with chronic obstructive airway disease Don D Sin and Jack V Tu Thorax 2000; 55: 194-197. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.194 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Airflow obstruction in bronchiectasis: correlation between computed tomography features and pulmonary function tests H R Roberts, A U Wells, D G Milne, M B Rubens, J Kolbe, P J Cole, and D M Hansell Thorax 2000; 55: 198-204. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.198 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Exhaled 8-isoprostane as a new non-invasive biomarker of oxidative stress in cystic fibrosis Paolo Montuschi, Sergei A Kharitonov, Giovanni Ciabattoni, Massimo Corradi, Liesbeth van Rensen, Duncan M Geddes, Margaret E Hodson, and Peter J Barnes Thorax 2000; 55: 205-209. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.205 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Management of opportunist mycobacterial infections: Joint Tuberculosis Committee guidelines 1999 Subcommittee of the Joint Tuberculosis Committee of the British Thoracic Society Thorax 2000; 55: 210-218. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.210 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Severity prediction rules in community acquired pneumonia: a validation study W S Lim, S Lewis, and J T Macfarlane Thorax 2000; 55: 219-223. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.219 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Randomised prospective parallel trial of therapeutic versus subtherapeutic nasal continuous positive airway pressure on simulated steering performance in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea Melissa Hack, Robert J O Davies, Rebecca Mullins, Soo Jeon Choi, Sharron Ramdassingh-Dow, Crispin Jenkinson, and John R Stradling Thorax 2000; 55: 224-231. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.224 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Short papers

	Non-invasive markers of airway inflammation as predictors of oral steroid responsiveness in asthma Stuart A Little, George W Chalmers, Kirsten J MacLeod, Charles McSharry, and Neil C Thomson Thorax 2000; 55: 232-234. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.232 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Occasional reviews

	Association of sputum parameters with clinical and functional measurements in asthma Elisabetta Rosi and Giorgio Scano Thorax 2000; 55: 235-238. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.235 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Asthma and poverty Roberto J Rona Thorax 2000; 55: 239-244. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.239 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports

	Superior vena cava obstruction caused by radiation induced venous fibrosis J W G Van Putten, N J J Schlosser, Z Vujaskovic, A H D Van Der Leest, and H J M Groen Thorax 2000; 55: 245-246. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.245 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Mitral stenosis obscuring the diagnosis of plexogenic pulmonary arteriopathy and familial pulmonary hypertension David Langleben, Esther Lamoureux, Francois Marcotte, Robert Schlesinger, Leonidas Dragatakis, Marie Josee Crowe, Yves Langlois, Francois Lemire, and Michel White Thorax 2000; 55: 247-248. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.247 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia associated with the use of nitrofurantoin R J Cameron, J Kolbe, M L Wilsher, and N Lambie Thorax 2000; 55: 249-251. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.249 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor

	Systematic review of antistaphylococcal antibiotic therapy in cystic fibrosis ALAN SMYTH, SARAH WALTERS, ROSALIND SMYTH;, KEVIN MCCAFFERY, RICHARD E OLVER, MARGARET FRANKLIN, and SOMNATH MUKHOPADHYAY Thorax 2000; 55: 251. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.251 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Therapeutic ratio of inhaled fluticasone BRIAN J LIPWORTH;, RONALD J MEIJER, HUIB A M KERSTJENS, and DIRKJE S POSTMA Thorax 2000; 55: 251. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.251a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	"Systematic review" of asthma education studies GRAHAM DOUGLAS, LIESL OSMAN;, T PERNEGER, P SUDRE, C ULDRY, and S JACQUEMET Thorax 2000; 55: 251. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.251b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book reviews

	Case Presentations in Clinical Tuberculosis Thorax 2000; 55: 251. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.251c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Asthma. Thorax 2000; 55: 251. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.3.251d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	UK Pulmonary Vascular Units Thorax 2000; 55: 251. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Atrial septostomy in pulmonary vascular disease Thorax 2000; 55: 251. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]