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August 2001 (Volume 56, Number 8). [Index by author]

		Editorials Original articles Review series Occasional reviews Case reports Letters to the editor

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Editorials

Journal impact factors for 2000: Thorax flying yet higher
A J KNOX and J BRITTON
Thorax 2001; 56: 587. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.587 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Antidepressants in the treatment of patients with COPD: possible associations between smoking cigarettes, COPD and depression
E J WAGENA, M J H HUIBERS, and C P VAN SCHAYCK
Thorax 2001; 56: 587-588. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.587a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Original articles

Asthma in preschool children: prevalence and risk factors
M M Haby, J K Peat, G B Marks, A J Woolcock, and S R Leeder
Thorax 2001; 56: 589-595. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.589 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Nitrogen dioxide exposure from domestic gas cooking and airway response in asthmatic women
T P Ng, C S R Seet, W C Tan, and S C Foo
Thorax 2001; 56: 596-601. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.596 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Effect of nebulised L- and D-arginine on exhaled nitric oxide in steroid naive asthma
D C Chambers and J G Ayres
Thorax 2001; 56: 602-606. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.602 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Respiratory symptoms, asthma, exercise test spirometry, and atopy in schoolchildren from a Lima shanty town
M E Penny, S Murad, S S Madrid, T S Herrera, A Piñeiro, D E Caceres, and C F Lanata
Thorax 2001; 56: 607-612. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.607 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Exogenous female sex steroid hormones and risk of asthma and asthma-like symptoms: a cross sectional study of the general population
P Lange, J Parner, E Prescott, C Suppli Ulrik, and J Vestbo
Thorax 2001; 56: 613-616. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.613 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bedside tracer gas technique accurately predicts outcome in aspiration of spontaneous pneumothorax
D G Kiely, S Ansari, W A Davey, V Mahadevan, G J Taylor, and D Seaton
Thorax 2001; 56: 617-621. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.617 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fibrosing alveolitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis as assessed by high resolution computed tomography, chest radiography, and pulmonary function tests
J K Dawson, H E Fewins, J Desmond, M P Lynch, and D R Graham
Thorax 2001; 56: 622-627. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.622 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Radical radiotherapy for stage I/II non-small cell lung cancer in patients not sufficiently fit for or declining surgery (medically inoperable): a systematic review
N P Rowell and C J Williams
Thorax 2001; 56: 628-638. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.628 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Prognostic value of CD4+ lymphocytes in pleural cavity of patients with non-small cell lung cancer
K Takahashi, S Saito, Y Kamamura, M Katakawa, and Y Monden
Thorax 2001; 56: 639-642. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.639 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Transforming growth factor $beta$ ₂ induced pleurodesis is not inhibited by corticosteroids
Y C G Lee, C J Devin, L R Teixeira, J T Rogers, P J Thompson, K B Lane, and R W Light
Thorax 2001; 56: 643-648. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.643 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review series

Respiratory diseases in pregnancy $bullet$ 4: Women with cystic fibrosis and their potential for reproduction
F P Edenborough
Thorax 2001; 56: 649-655. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.649 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Occasional reviews

Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients: a systematic review
M Munafò, N Rigotti, T Lancaster, L Stead, and M Murphy
Thorax 2001; 56: 656-663. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.656 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a complete response to GM-CSF therapy
R M Barraclough and A J Gillies
Thorax 2001; 56: 664-665. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.664 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor

Non-invasive mechanical ventilation
D VANPEE, D CLAUSE, L DELAUNOIS, and S NAVA
Thorax 2001; 56: 666. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.666 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BTS asthma guidelines
PHILIP KAYE and IOMHAR O'SULLIVAN
Thorax 2001; 56: 666. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.666a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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	*Journal impact factors for 2000: Thorax* flying yet higher** A J KNOX and J BRITTON Thorax 2001; 56: 587. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.587 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antidepressants in the treatment of patients with COPD: possible associations between smoking cigarettes, COPD and depression E J WAGENA, M J H HUIBERS, and C P VAN SCHAYCK Thorax 2001; 56: 587-588. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.587a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Asthma in preschool children: prevalence and risk factors M M Haby, J K Peat, G B Marks, A J Woolcock, and S R Leeder Thorax 2001; 56: 589-595. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.589 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nitrogen dioxide exposure from domestic gas cooking and airway response in asthmatic women T P Ng, C S R Seet, W C Tan, and S C Foo Thorax 2001; 56: 596-601. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.596 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of nebulised L- and D-arginine on exhaled nitric oxide in steroid naive asthma D C Chambers and J G Ayres Thorax 2001; 56: 602-606. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.602 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Respiratory symptoms, asthma, exercise test spirometry, and atopy in schoolchildren from a Lima shanty town M E Penny, S Murad, S S Madrid, T S Herrera, A Piñeiro, D E Caceres, and C F Lanata Thorax 2001; 56: 607-612. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.607 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Exogenous female sex steroid hormones and risk of asthma and asthma-like symptoms: a cross sectional study of the general population P Lange, J Parner, E Prescott, C Suppli Ulrik, and J Vestbo Thorax 2001; 56: 613-616. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.613 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bedside tracer gas technique accurately predicts outcome in aspiration of spontaneous pneumothorax D G Kiely, S Ansari, W A Davey, V Mahadevan, G J Taylor, and D Seaton Thorax 2001; 56: 617-621. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.617 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fibrosing alveolitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis as assessed by high resolution computed tomography, chest radiography, and pulmonary function tests J K Dawson, H E Fewins, J Desmond, M P Lynch, and D R Graham Thorax 2001; 56: 622-627. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.622 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Radical radiotherapy for stage I/II non-small cell lung cancer in patients not sufficiently fit for or declining surgery (medically inoperable): a systematic review N P Rowell and C J Williams Thorax 2001; 56: 628-638. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.628 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prognostic value of CD4+ lymphocytes in pleural cavity of patients with non-small cell lung cancer K Takahashi, S Saito, Y Kamamura, M Katakawa, and Y Monden Thorax 2001; 56: 639-642. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.639 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transforming growth factor $beta$ ₂ induced pleurodesis is not inhibited by corticosteroids Y C G Lee, C J Devin, L R Teixeira, J T Rogers, P J Thompson, K B Lane, and R W Light Thorax 2001; 56: 643-648. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.643 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Respiratory diseases in pregnancy $bullet$ 4: Women with cystic fibrosis and their potential for reproduction F P Edenborough Thorax 2001; 56: 649-655. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.649 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients: a systematic review M Munafò, N Rigotti, T Lancaster, L Stead, and M Murphy Thorax 2001; 56: 656-663. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.656 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a complete response to GM-CSF therapy R M Barraclough and A J Gillies Thorax 2001; 56: 664-665. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.664 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Non-invasive mechanical ventilation D VANPEE, D CLAUSE, L DELAUNOIS, and S NAVA Thorax 2001; 56: 666. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.666 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BTS asthma guidelines PHILIP KAYE and IOMHAR O'SULLIVAN Thorax 2001; 56: 666. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.8.666a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]