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Volume 58(12);  December 2003
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Editorials
Outcome measures in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
A Dirksen
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1007–1008. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1007.
PMCID: PMC1746535
Asthma and obesity: where are we now?
S Chinn
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1008–1010. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1008.
PMCID: PMC1746539
Air pollution and lung cancer: what more do we need to know?
A Cohen
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1010–1012. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1010.
PMCID: PMC1746537
Hypothesis: Ill health associated with low concentrations of nitrogen dioxide—an effect of ultrafine particles?
A Seaton and M Dennekamp
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1012–1015. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1012.
PMCID: PMC1746551
Annual report October 2002 to September 2003
J Wedzicha, S Johnston, and D Mitchell
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1015–1017. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1015.
PMCID: PMC1746529
Airwaves
airwaves
W. Wedzicha
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1007. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1007-a.
PMCID: PMC1746536
Lung Alerts
Viral regulation of inflammatory cytokines in epithelial cells: an alternative signalling pathway
I Patel
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1019. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1019.
PMCID: PMC1746553
Inhaled steroids are associated with cataracts
S Jain
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1026. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1026.
PMCID: PMC1746542
Factors associated with physicians' decisions to withdraw mechanical ventilation in anticipation of death
A Medford
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1041. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1041.
PMCID: PMC1746527
Peak flow may be useful in screening for COPD in the absence of spirometry
A Bhowmik
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1057. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1057.
PMCID: PMC1746532
4.83 million died from smoking related disease in 2000
J Douse
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1057. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1057-a.
PMCID: PMC1746541
Low dose spiral CT combined with selective use of PET scans can detect early lung cancer
K Ryanna
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1082. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1082.
PMCID: PMC1746557
α1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
Predictors of mortality in α1-antitrypsin deficiency
P Dawkins, L Dowson, P Guest, and R Stockley
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1020–1026. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1020.
PMCID: PMC1746543
Correlation between annual change in health status and computer tomography derived lung density in subjects with α1-antitrypsin deficiency
J Stolk, W Ng, M Bakker, J Reiber, K Rabe, H Putter, and B Stoel
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1027–1030. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1027.
PMCID: PMC1746549
Asthma
Asthma and atopy in overweight children
L Schachter, J Peat, and C Salome
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1031–1035. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1031.
PMCID: PMC1746556
Association of body mass with pulmonary function in the Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP)
K Tantisira, A Litonjua, S Weiss, and A Fuhlbrigge
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1036–1041. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1036.
PMCID: PMC1746552
Perception of airway narrowing during reduction of inhaled corticosteroids and asthma exacerbation
C Salome, J Leuppi, R Freed, and G Marks
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1042–1047. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1042.
PMCID: PMC1746534
Exhaled nitric oxide and asthma: complex interactions between atopy, airway responsiveness, and symptoms in a community population of children
P Franklin, S Turner, P N Le Souef, and S Stick
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1048–1052. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1048.
PMCID: PMC1746531
Paediatric Lung Disease
The safety and quality of endobronchial biopsy in children under five years old
S Saglani, D Payne, A Nicholson, M Scallan, E Haxby, and A Bush
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1053–1057. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1053.
PMCID: PMC1746544
Safety of endobronchial biopsy in 170 children with chronic respiratory symptoms
P Salva, C Theroux, and D Schwartz
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1058–1060. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1058.
PMCID: PMC1746538
Epidemiology
Relationship between birth weight and adult lung function: controlling for maternal factors
C Edwards, L Osman, D Godden, D Campbell, and J Douglas
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1061–1065. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1061.
PMCID: PMC1746540
Cough
Idiopathic chronic cough: association with organ specific autoimmune disease and bronchoalveolar lymphocytosis
S Birring, C Brightling, F Symon, S Barlow, A Wardlaw, and I Pavord
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1066–1070. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1066.
PMCID: PMC1746533
Lung Cancer
Lung cancer and air pollution: a 27 year follow up of 16 209 Norwegian men
P Nafstad, L Haheim, B Oftedal, F Gram, I Holme, I Hjermann, and P Leren
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1071–1076. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1071.
PMCID: PMC1746548
Metabolic significance of the pattern, intensity and kinetics of 18F-FDG uptake in malignant pleural mesothelioma
V Gerbaudo, S Britz-Cunningham, D Sugarbaker, and S Treves
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1077–1082. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1077.
PMCID: PMC1746546
Preliminary experience with a new method of endoscopic transbronchial real time ultrasound guided biopsy for diagnosis of mediastinal and hilar lesions
M Krasnik, P Vilmann, S Larsen, and G Jacobsen
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1083–1086. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1083.
PMCID: PMC1746528
Cystic Fibrosis
Burkholderia pseudomallei: another emerging pathogen in cystic fibrosis
M O'Carroll, T Kidd, C Coulter, H Smith, B Rose, C Harbour, and S Bell
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1087–1091. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1087.
PMCID: PMC1746554
Review Series
Cough · 3: Chronic cough and gastro-oesophageal reflux
G Fontana and M Pistolesi
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1092–1095. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1092.
PMCID: PMC1746530
Case Report
Underlying chronic granulomatous disease in a patient with bronchocentric granulomatosis
Y Moltyaner, W Geerts, D Chamberlain, P Heyworth, D Noack, J Rae, J Doyle, and G Downey
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1096–1098. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1096.
PMCID: PMC1746555
Images in THORAX
Calcifying fibrous pseudotumour of the lung
M Peachell, J Mayo, S Kalloger, J Flint, and J English
Thorax. 2003 December; 58(12): 1018–1019. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1018.
PMCID: PMC1746547
Journal Matter
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