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Research Article

• Alcohol breath testing in patients with respiratory disease. (1 October, 1990)

  M J Morris
• Pharyngeal shape and dimensions in healthy subjects, snorers, and patients with obstructive sleep apnoea. (1 October, 1990)

  D O Rodenstein, G Dooms, Y Thomas, G Liistro, D C Stanescu, C Culée, G Aubert-Tulkens
• Jet and ultrasonic nebuliser output: use of a new method for direct measurement of aerosol output. (1 October, 1990)

  J H Dennis, S C Stenton, J R Beach, A J Avery, E H Walters, D J Hendrick
• Use of inhaled corticosteroids in patients with mild asthma. (1 October, 1990)

  S Lorentzson, J Boe, G Eriksson, G Persson
• Do large volume spacer devices reduce the systemic effects of high dose inhaled corticosteroids? (1 October, 1990)

  P H Brown, G Blundell, A P Greening, G K Crompton
• Morning serum cortisol concentrations after 2 mg inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate in normal subjects: effect of a 750 ml spacing device. (1 October, 1990)

  M Farrer, A J Francis, S J Pearce
• Lung function, hypoxic and hypercapnic ventilatory responses, and respiratory muscle strength in normal subjects taking oral theophylline. (1 October, 1990)

  S Javaheri, L Guerra
• Role of small calibre chest tube drainage for iatrogenic pneumothorax. (1 October, 1990)

  M Laub, N Milman, D Müller, E Struve-Christensen
• Respiratory muscle function in cystic fibrosis. (1 October, 1990)

  A Mier, A Redington, C Brophy, M Hodson, M Green
• Assisted ventilation. 1. Artificial ventilation: history, equipment and techniques. (1 October, 1990)

  J D Young, M K Sykes
• Molecular biology and respiratory disease. 7. The alpha 1 antitrypsin gene and chronic lung disease. (1 October, 1990)

  N Kalsheker, K Morgan
• Intraluminal irradiation for the palliation of lung cancer with the high dose rate micro-Selectron. (1 October, 1990)

  P A Burt, B R O'Driscoll, H M Notley, P V Barber, R Stout
• Granulomatous Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. (1 October, 1990)

  H D Birley, J R Buscombe, M H Griffiths, S J Semple, R F Miller
• Bronchoalveolar lavage via a modified stomach tube in intubated patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and diffuse pneumonia. (1 October, 1990)

  R Minutoli, E Eden, C Brachfeld
• Posterior mediastinal teratoma with abdominal extension. (1 October, 1990)

  S el Kalla, M Abdul-Hameed, A al Ashbal, N Menon
• Giant lymph node hyperplasia of the lung (Castleman's disease) associated with recurrent pleural effusion. (1 October, 1990)

  A A Awotedu, B A Otulana, C O Ukoli
• British Thoracic Society summer meeting. 11-13 July 1990, Birmingham. Abstracts. (1 October, 1990)