Thorax: 62 (9)

Editorials

Moulds and asthma: time for indoor climate change? (28 August, 2007)
Ashley Woodcock
Maternal diet vs lack of exposure to sunlight as the cause of the epidemic of asthma, allergies and other autoimmune diseases (24 October, 2007)
Scott T Weiss, Augusto A Litonjua
Air pollution, human health, climate change and you (24 October, 2007)
George Thurston

Airwaves

Airwaves (24 October, 2007) Free
Wisia Wedzicha

Asthma

Airway hyperresponsiveness and bronchial mucosal inflammation in T cell peptide-induced asthmatic reactions in atopic subjects (27 March, 2007)
F Runa Ali, A Barry Kay, Mark Larché
Worldwide trends in the prevalence of asthma symptoms: phase III of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) (15 May, 2007) Free
Neil Pearce, Nadia Aït-Khaled, Richard Beasley, Javier Mallol, Ulrich Keil, Ed Mitchell, Colin Robertson
Effects on patients with asthma of eradicating visible indoor mould: a randomised controlled trial (27 March, 2007)
M L Burr, I P Matthews, R A Arthur, H L Watson, C J Gregory, F D J Dunstan, S R Palmer
Maternal food consumption during pregnancy and asthma, respiratory and atopic symptoms in 5-year-old children (27 March, 2007)
S M Willers, G Devereux, L C A Craig, G McNeill, A H Wijga, W Abou El-Magd, S W Turner, P J Helms, A Seaton

Miscellanea

What factors are predictive of survival in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer treated with gefitinib? (28 August, 2007) Free
Kirsten Archer
Severe infantile lower respiratory tract illness may be characterised by a reduced, rather than increased, immune response (28 August, 2007)
J Carter
Clinical assessments of high frequency oscillatory ventilation (28 August, 2007)
Thomas Stern
Emergence of influenza B viruses with reduced sensitivity to neuraminidase inhibitors (28 August, 2007)
Helen Stone
Invariant natural killer T cells in asthma and COPD: back to square one! (28 August, 2007)
S A Nachman
Strategies for reducing treatment in mild persistent asthma (28 August, 2007)
Andrew Medford

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Temporal relationship between air pollutants and hospital admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Hong Kong (20 February, 2007)
Fanny W S Ko, Wilson Tam, Tze Wai Wong, Doris P S Chan, Alvin H Tung, Christopher K W Lai, David S C Hui
Prospective study of dietary patterns and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among US men (15 May, 2007)
Raphaëlle Varraso, Teresa T Fung, Frank B Hu, Walter Willett, Carlos A Camargo

Respiratory research

Feasible and simple exclusion criteria for pulmonary reference populations (27 March, 2007)
Ane Johannessen, Ernst R Omenaas, Geir Egil Eide, Per S Bakke, Amund Gulsvik

Sleep-disordered breathing

Influence of wakefulness on pharyngeal airway muscle activity (27 March, 2007)
Yu-Lun Lo, Amy S Jordan, Atul Malhotra, Andrew Wellman, Raphael A Heinzer, Matthias Eikermann, Karen Schory, Louise Dover, David P White

Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency

Determinants of airflow obstruction in severe alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (27 March, 2007)
Dawn L DeMeo, Robert A Sandhaus, Alan F Barker, Mark L Brantly, Edward Eden, N Gerard McElvaney, Stephen Rennard, Esteban Burchard, James M Stocks, James K Stoller, Charlie Strange, Gerard M Turino, Edward J Campbell, Edwin K Silverman

Paediatric lung disease

Assessment of bronchodilator responsiveness in preschool children using forced oscillations (5 April, 2007)
Cindy Thamrin, Catherine L Gangell, Kanokporn Udomittipong, Merci M H Kusel, Hilary Patterson, Takayoshi Fukushima, André Schultz, Graham L Hall, Stephen M Stick, Peter D Sly

Review series

Challenges in pulmonary fibrosis · 3: Cystic lung disease (24 October, 2007)
Gregory P Cosgrove, Stephen K Frankel, Kevin K Brown

Case Report

Reduction of persistent air leak with endoscopic valve implants (24 October, 2007)
Tudor P Toma, Onn Min Kon, William Oldfield, Reina Sanefuji, Mark Griffiths, Frank Wells, Siva Sivasothy, Michael Dusmet, Duncan M Geddes, Michael I Polkey

Letters

Effect of azithromycin on primary bronchial epithelial cells derived from stable lung allografts (28 August, 2007)
Desmond M Murphy, Ian A Forrest, Chris Ward, Paul A Corris, Gail E Johnson, Debbie Jones, Andrew J Fisher, Jim J Egan, Timothy E Cawston, James L Lordan
Critical care as part of respiratory training in the UK (28 August, 2007)
B C Creagh-Brown, A McD Johnston, D Pandit, R J Parker, A C Davidson
Breathing techniques in the management of asthma (28 August, 2007)
Johannes C van der Wouden, Arianne P Verhagen
NICE guidance for screening for malnutrition: implications for lung cancer services (24 October, 2007)
Alpna Chauhan, Vanessa Siddall, Andrew Wilcock, Sugamya Mallawathantri, David R Baldwin, Ian D Johnston

Images in Thorax

Massive pulmonary arteriovenous malformation presenting with tamponading haemothorax (24 October, 2007)
A A Khan, I Hunt, K Hamdane, J Tambiah, R P Deshpande, J F Reidy

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Table of contents

September 2007 - Volume 62 - 9

Editorials

Airwaves

Asthma

Miscellanea

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory research

Sleep-disordered breathing

Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency

Paediatric lung disease

Review series

Case Report

Letters

Images in Thorax

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Table of contents

September 2007 - Volume 62 - 9

Editorials

Airwaves

Asthma

Miscellanea

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory research

Sleep-disordered breathing

Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency

Paediatric lung disease

Review series

Case Report

Letters

Images in Thorax

Issue Information