Table of contents

Reviews

• Introduction (1 August, 1998)

  D J Hendrick, D M Mitchell
• In search of a cause of cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA): one initiating factor or many? (1 August, 1998)

  M Turner-Warwick
• Genes, oxidative stress, and the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1 August, 1998)

  H Koyama, DM Geddes
• Update on the "Dutch hypothesis" for chronic respiratory disease (1 August, 1998)

  J Vestbo, E Prescott
• Diving and the risk of barotrauma (1 August, 1998)

  EW Russi
• Spiral computed tomographic scanning and magnetic resonance angiography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (1 August, 1998)

  PA Grenier, C Beigelman
• Strategy and cost in investigating solitary pulmonary nodules (1 August, 1998)

  MK Gould, GA Lillington
• The cost to society of smoking cessation (1 August, 1998)

  D Cohen, G Barton
• Persistent respiratory effects in survivors of the Bhopal disaster. (1 August, 1998)

  W S Beckett
• Role of the indoor environment in determining the severity of asthma (1 August, 1998)

  A Woodcock, A Custovic
• Effects of anti-IgE in asthmatic subjects (1 August, 1998)

  AJ Frew
• Oral appliances for the management of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea (1 August, 1998)

  LS Bennett, RJ Davies, JR Stradling
• Use of fibrinolytic agents in the management of complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyemas (1 August, 1998)

  SA Sahn