Table of contents

Original articles

• A randomised controlled crossover trial of nurse practitioner versus doctor led outpatient care in a bronchiectasis clinic (1 August, 2002)

  L D Sharples, J Edmunds, D Bilton, W Hollingworth, N Caine, M Keogan, A Exley
• Effect of sputum processing with dithiothreitol on the detection of inflammatory mediators in chronic bronchitis and bronchiectasis (1 August, 2002)

  I S Woolhouse, D L Bayley, R A Stockley
• Chlamydia pneumoniae and chronic bronchitis: association with severity and bacterial clearance following treatment

  (1 August, 2002)

  F Blasi, S Damato, R Cosentini, P Tarsia, R Raccanelli, S Centanni, L Allegra
• Increased mast cells and neutrophils in submucosal mucous glands and mucus plugging in patients with asthma (1 August, 2002)

  N G Carroll, S Mutavdzic, A L James
• Respiratory medications and risk of asthma death (1 August, 2002)

  S F Lanes, L A García Rodríguez, C Huerta
• Effect of nitrogen dioxide and ozone on the risk of dying in patients with severe asthma (1 August, 2002)

  J Sunyer, X Basagaña, J Belmonte, J M Antó
• Effects of fluticasone propionate in COPD patients with bronchial hyperresponsiveness (1 August, 2002)

  G T Verhoeven, J P J J Hegmans, P G H Mulder, J M Bogaard, H C Hoogsteden, J-B Prins
• Diagnostic and treatment behaviour in children with chronic respiratory symptoms: relationship with socioeconomic factors (1 August, 2002)

  G Ng Man Kwong, C Das, A R Proctor, M K B Whyte, R A Primhak
• Respiratory symptoms and lung function in young adults with severe α₁–antitrypsin deficiency (PiZZ)

  (1 August, 2002)

  E Piitulainen, T Sveger
• Sputum chemotactic activity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: effect of α₁–antitrypsin deficiency and the role of leukotriene B₄ and interleukin 8

  (1 August, 2002)

  I S Woolhouse, D L Bayley, R A Stockley
• Controlled trial of three weeks nicotine replacement treatment in hospital patients also given advice and support (1 August, 2002)

  S Hand, S Edwards, I A Campbell, R Cannings
• A prospective study of change in bone mineral density over one year in adults with cystic fibrosis (1 August, 2002)

  C S Haworth, P L Selby, A W Horrocks, E B Mawer, J E Adams, A K Webb
• Patterns and predictors of sleep disordered breathing in primary myopathies (1 August, 2002)

  R Ragette, U Mellies, C Schwake, T Voit, H Teschler