Table of contents

Original article

• Relation of body mass index to asthma and atopy in children: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study III (1 November, 2001)

  E von Mutius, J Schwartz, L M Neas, D Dockery, S T Weiss
• Body mass, fat percentage, and fat free mass as reference variables for lung function: effects on terms for age and sex (1 November, 2001)

  J E Cotes, D J Chinn, J W Reed
• Can the increase in body mass index explain the rising trend in asthma in children? (1 November, 2001)

  S Chinn, R J Rona
• Influence of age and disease severity on high resolution CT lung densitometry in asthma (1 November, 2001)

  F Mitsunobu, T Mifune, K Ashida, Y Hosaki, H Tsugeno, M Okamoto, S Harada, S Takata, Y Tanizaki
• Exhaled nitric oxide levels in non-allergic and allergic mono- or polysensitised children with asthma (1 November, 2001)

  M Silvestri, F Sabatini, D Spallarossa, L Fregonese, E Battistini, M G Biraghi, G A Rossi
• Association of IL-1β and IL-1 receptor antagonist haplotypes with rate of decline in lung function in smokers (1 November, 2001)

  L Joos, L McIntyre, J Ruan, J E Connett, N R Anthonisen, T D Weir, P D Paré, A J Sandford
• Is the pleural fluid transudate or exudate? A revisit of the diagnostic criteria (1 November, 2001)

  J Joseph, P Badrinath, G S Basran, S A Sahn
• Function and inhibition sensitivity of the N-terminal segment of surfactant protein B (SP-B1-25) in preterm rabbits (1 November, 2001)

  M Gupta, J M Hernandez-Juviel, A J Waring, F J Walther