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Research Article

• Calibrating the calibrators. (1 October, 1996)

  P. S. Burge
• Predicting death from pneumonia. (1 October, 1996)

  M. Woodhead
• Nutrition and survival in cystic fibrosis. (1 October, 1996)

  J. S. Elborn, S. C. Bell
• Long-term performance of a hand held spirometer. (1 October, 1996)

  A. Dirksen, F. Madsen, O. F. Pedersen, A. M. Vedel, A. Kok-Jensen
• Optimal particle size for beta 2 agonist and anticholinergic aerosols in patients with severe airflow obstruction. (1 October, 1996)

  P. Zanen, L. T. Go, J. W. Lammers
• Effect of multiple actuations, delayed inhalation and antistatic treatment on the lung bioavailability of salbutamol via a spacer device. (1 October, 1996)

  D. J. Clark, B. J. Lipworth
• Effect of electrostatic charge, flow, delay and multiple actuations on the in vitro delivery of salbutamol from different small volume spacers for infants. (1 October, 1996)

  J. H. Wildhaber, S. G. Devadason, E. Eber, M. J. Hayden, M. L. Everard, Q. A. Summers, P. N. LeSouëf
• Effect of regular terbutaline on the airway response to inhaled budesonide. (1 October, 1996)

  P. J. Wilding, M. M. Clark, J. Oborne, J. A. Bennett, A. E. Tattersfield
• Relative effects of inhaled corticosteroids on immunopathology and physiology in asthma: a controlled study. (1 October, 1996)

  C. M. Burke, S. Sreenan, S. Pathmakanthan, J. Patterson, B. Schmekel, L. W. Poulter
• Role of sputum differential cell count in detecting airway inflammation in patients with chronic bronchial asthma or COPD. (1 October, 1996)

  M. C. Ronchi, C. Piragino, E. Rosi, M. Amendola, R. Duranti, G. Scano
• Spiral computed tomographic scanning of the chest with three dimensional imaging in the diagnosis and management of paediatric intrathoracic airway obstruction. (1 October, 1996)

  M. Sagy, M. Poustchi-Amin, L. Nimkoff, P. Silver, M. Shikowitz, J. C. Leonidas
• Community acquired pneumonia: aetiology and usefulness of severity criteria on admission. (1 October, 1996)

  A. M. Neill, I. R. Martin, R. Weir, R. Anderson, A. Chereshsky, M. J. Epton, R. Jackson, M. Schousboe, C. Frampton, S. Hutton, S. T. Chambers, G. I. Town
• An analysis of decisions by European general practitioners to admit to hospital patients with lower respiratory tract infections. The European Study Group of Community Acquired Pneumonia (ESOCAP) of the European Respiratory Society. (1 October, 1996)

  T. Schaberg, G. Gialdroni-Grassi, G. Huchon, P. Leophonte, F. Manresa, M. Woodhead
• Long-term survival and nutritional data in patients with cystic fibrosis treated in a Danish centre. (1 October, 1996)

  M. Nir, S. Lanng, H. K. Johansen, C. Koch
• Two dimensional protein patterns of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from non-smokers, smokers, and subjects exposed to asbestos. (1 October, 1996)

  M. Lindahl, T. Ekström, J. Sörensen, C. Tagesson
• T lymphocytes and silica-induced pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis in mice. (1 October, 1996)

  N. Suzuki, K. Ohta, T. Horiuchi, H. Takizawa, T. Ueda, M. Kuwabara, J. Shiga, K. Ito
• Comparison of partially attended night time respiratory recordings and full polysomnography in patients with suspected sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome. (1 October, 1996)

  P. Lloberes, J. M. Montserrat, A. Ascaso, O. Parra, A. Granados, P. Alonso, I. Vilaseca, R. Rodriguez-Roisin
• Comparison of the acute effects on gas exchange of nasal ventilation and doxapram in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (1 October, 1996)

  R. M. Angus, A. A. Ahmed, L. J. Fenwick, A. J. Peacock
• Functional antagonism: tolerance produced by inhaled beta 2 agonists. (1 October, 1996)

  D. W. Cockcroft, V. A. Swystun
• Lipocortin 1: glucocorticoids caught in the act? (1 October, 1996)

  S. F. Smith
• Bronchoscopic and angiographic findings in tracheobronchial endometriosis. (1 October, 1996)

  P. H. Kuo, H. C. Wang, Y. S. Liaw, S. H. Kuo
• Pleural fluid accumulation due to intra-abdominal endometriosis: a case report and review of the literature. (1 October, 1996)

  K. L. Flanagan, N. C. Barnes
• Pleural fluid accumulation due to endometriosis. (1 October, 1996)

  D. K. Edmonds
• Diffuse panbronchiolitis in an Asian immigrant. (1 October, 1996)

  O. Brugiere, B. Milleron, M. Antoine, M. F. Carette, C. Philippe, C. Mayaud