Table of contents

Original article

• Prevalence of exercise induced bronchospasm in Kenyan school children: an urban-rural comparison (1 November, 1998)

  L W Ng’ang’a, J A Odhiambo, M W Mungai, C M Gicheha, P Nderitu, B Maingi, P T Macklem, M R Becklake
• Early childhood infection and atopic disorder (1 November, 1998)

  I Sadaf Farooqi, Julian M Hopkin
• Repeatability of lung function tests during methacholine challenge in wheezy infants (1 November, 1998)

  Christophe Delacourt, Marie-Rose Benoist, Serge Waernessyckle, Patrick Rufin, Jean-Jacques Brouard, Jacques de Blic, Pierre Scheinmann
• Environmental correlates of impaired lung function in non-smokers with severe α₁-antitrypsin deficiency (PiZZ)

  (1 November, 1998)

  Eeva Piitulainen, Göran Tornling, Sten Eriksson
• Effect of breathing circuit resistance on the measurement of ventilatory function (1 November, 1998)

  David P Johns, Corrie M Ingram, Souvanny Khov, Peter D Rochford, E Haydn Walters
• Impact of nasal ventilation on survival in hypercapnic Duchenne muscular dystrophy (1 November, 1998)

  A K Simonds, F Muntoni, S Heather, S Fielding
• Comparison of spontaneous and induced sputum for investigation of airway inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1 November, 1998)

  A Bhowmik, T A R Seemungal, R J Sapsford, J L Devalia, J A Wedzicha
• Efficacy of nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy in chronic heart failure: importance of underlying cardiac rhythm (1 November, 1998)

  John L Kiely, Paul Deegan, Aidan Buckley, Paul Shiels, Brian Maurer, Walter T McNicholas
• Gastro-oesophageal reflux related cough and its response to laparoscopic fundoplication (1 November, 1998)

  Christopher J Allen, Mehran Anvari
• Detection of anti-cytokeratin 8 antibody in the serum of patients with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis and pulmonary fibrosis associated with collagen vascular disorders (1 November, 1998)

  Naomi Dobashi, Jiro Fujita, Yuji Ohtsuki, Ichiro Yamadori, Takeo Yoshinouchi, Tadashi Kamei, Michiaki Tokuda, Satoko Hojo, Hiroki Okada, Jiro Takahara
• Effects of Aspergillus fumigatusculture filtrate on antifungal activity of human phagocytes in vitro

  (1 November, 1998)

  Takako Murayama, Ryoichi Amitani, Yumiko Ikegami, Rieko Kawanami, Woon Joo Lee, Ryuhei Nawada