Thorax is one of the world's leading respiratory medicine journals, publishing clinical and experimental research articles on respiratory medicine, paediatrics, immunology, pharmacology, pathology, and surgery. Thorax seeks to publish significant advances in scientific understanding, which are likely to impact on clinical practice. This includes articles concerning basic and translational mechanisms with application to clinical material (cell and molecular biology, genetics, epidemiology, and immunology).

Thorax is an official journal of the British Thoracic Society.

Editors-in-Chief
Professor Nicholas Hart, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Professor Gisli Jenkins, University of Nottingham, UK
Professor Alan Smyth, University of Nottingham, UK
Editorial board

Latest content from the BTS (free to access):
British Thoracic Society Guideline for bronchiectasis in adults
British Thoracic Society Guideline for the initial outpatient management of pulmonary embolism (PE)
British Thoracic Society Guideline for the investigation and management of malignant pleural mesothelioma

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