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Protective effect of breastfeeding on recurrent cough in adulthood

Kimberly D Gerhart, Debra A Stern, Stefano Guerra, Wayne J Morgan, Fernando D Martinez, Anne L Wright

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210841

May 21, 2018

Rates of asthma exacerbations and mortality and associated factors in Uganda: a 2-year prospective cohort study

Bruce J Kirenga, Corina de Jong, Levicatus Mugenyi, Winceslaus Katagira, Abdallah Muhofa, Moses R Kamya, H Marike Boezen, Thys van der Molen

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211157

May 11, 2018

Ventilatory support or respiratory muscle training as adjuncts to exercise in obese CPAP-treated patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: a randomised controlled trial

Isabelle Vivodtzev, Renaud Tamisier, Marilie Croteau, Jean-Christian Borel, Angélique Grangier, Bernard Wuyam, Patrick Lévy, Caroline Minville, Frédéric Sériès, François Maltais, Jean-Louis Pépin

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211152

February 20, 2018

Body mass index status and peripheral airway obstruction in school-age children: a population-based cohort study

Sandra Ekström, Jenny Hallberg, Inger Kull, Jennifer L P Protudjer, Per Thunqvist, Matteo Bottai, Per Magnus Gustafsson, Anna Bergström, Erik Melén

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210716

January 29, 2018

Smoking duration alone provides stronger risk estimates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease than pack-years

Surya P Bhatt, Young-il Kim, Kathy F Harrington, John E Hokanson, Sharon M Lutz, Michael H Cho, Dawn L DeMeo, James M Wells, Barry J Make, Stephen I Rennard, George R Washko, Marilyn G Foreman, Donald P Tashkin, Robert A Wise, Mark T Dransfield, William C Bailey

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210722

January 11, 2018

Plasma urate, lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a Mendelian randomisation study in 114 979 individuals from the general population

Camilla J Kobylecki, Signe Vedel-Krogh, Shoaib Afzal, Sune F Nielsen, Børge G Nordestgaard

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210273

November 29, 2017

A population-based prospective cohort study examining the influence of early-life respiratory tract infections on school-age lung function and asthma

Evelien R van Meel, Herman T den Dekker, Niels J Elbert, Pauline W Jansen, Henriëtte A Moll, Irwin K Reiss, Johan C de Jongste, Vincent W V Jaddoe, Liesbeth Duijts

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210149

November 3, 2017

Exacerbation risk and characterisation of the UK’s asthma population from infants to old age

Chloe I Bloom, Francis Nissen, Ian J Douglas, Liam Smeeth, Paul Cullinan, Jennifer K Quint

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210650

October 26, 2017

International management platform for children’s interstitial lung disease (chILD-EU)

Matthias Griese, Elias Seidl, Meike Hengst, Simone Reu, Hans Rock, Gisela Anthony, Nural Kiper, Nagehan Emiralioğlu, Deborah Snijders, Lutz Goldbeck, Reiner Leidl, Julia Ley-Zaporozhan, Ingrid Krüger-Stollfuss, Birgit Kammer, Traudl Wesselak, Claudia Eismann, Andrea Schams, Doerthe Neuner, Morag MacLean, Andrew G Nicholson, McCann Lauren, Annick Clement, Ralph Epaud, Jacques de Blic, Michael Ashworth, Paul Aurora, Alistair Calder, Martin Wetzke, Matthias Kappler, Steve Cunningham, Nicolaus Schwerk, Andy Bush, and the other chILD-EU collaborators, E Eber, A Pfleger, P Basek, M Proesmans, Lv Ribeiro Silva filho, I Rochat, M Fontana, J Freihorst, F Brinkmann, C Koerner-rettberg, S Becker, F Stehling, A Heinzmann, S Kusserow, L Nährlich, C Lex, D Berthold, P Kaiser-labusch, S Hämmerling, F Ahrens, S Müller-stöver, E Tutdibi, K Seidemann, F Prenzel, K Reiter, M Feilcke, J Ripper, I Pawlita, I Fischer, M Forstner, S Weichert, T Schaible, I Kern, J Seidenberg, S Zeidler, W Baden, M Niemitz, M Gappa, J Liese, S Rubak, F Buchvald, P Almario, A Escribano, J Lopez, A Coulomb, H Ducou Le pointe, N Nathan, J Reiter, G Rossi, A Barbarto, P Cogo, S Terheggen-largo, E Glowacka, J Lange, K Katarzyna, E Cobanoglu, T Sismanlar, At Aslan, D Orhan, O Berna, G Cinel, E Yalçın, Fn Sair, Cm Bal, H Yuksel, S Turner, S Michael, P Kenia, T Hilliard, R Ross-russell, J Forton, F Redmond, N Gibson, C Wallis, R Pabry, C Owens, A Gupta, S Mayell, P Chetcuti, F Child, S Moss, J Bhatt, J Hull, D Hansel, C Nwokoro, R O’reilly, W Walker, I Schwarzkopf, H Seidl, B Szentes, F Brasch, C Gilbert, M Zampoli, F Kritzinger, M Rosewich

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210519

October 22, 2017

Comparison of a structured home-based rehabilitation programme with conventional supervised pulmonary rehabilitation: a randomised non-inferiority trial

Elizabeth J Horton, Katy E Mitchell, Vicki Johnson-Warrington, Lindsay D Apps, Louise Sewell, Mike Morgan, Rod S Taylor, Sally J Singh

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208506

July 29, 2017