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Volume 54(12);  December 1999
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Editorials
Diagnosing airflow obstruction in general practice
K. JONES
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1051–1052.
PMCID: PMC1763763
The CF gene: 10 years on
D GEDDES and E ALTON
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1052–1054.
PMCID: PMC1763748
Gas cooking and respiratory disease
D. JARVIS
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1054.
PMCID: PMC1763752
Original Articles
Can peak expiratory flow measurements reliably identify the presence of airway obstruction and bronchodilator response as assessed by FEV1 in primary care patients presenting with a persistent cough?
H Thiadens, G H De Bock, J C Van Houwelingen, F Dekker, M W M De Waal, M Springer, and D Postma
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1055–1060.
PMCID: PMC1763754
Effect of inhaled ozone on exhaled nitric oxide, pulmonary function, and induced sputum in normal and asthmatic subjects
J. Nightingale, D. Rogers, and P. Barnes
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1061–1069.
PMCID: PMC1763749
Case-control study of hospital admission with asthma in children aged 5-14 years: relation with road traffic in north west London
P Wilkinson, P Elliott, C Grundy, G Shaddick, B Thakrar, P Walls, and S Falconer
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1070–1074.
PMCID: PMC1763751
Effect of intravenous corticosteroid on ex vivo leukotriene generation by blood leucocytes of normal and asthmatic patients
P. Hood, T. Cotter, J. Costello, and A. Sampson
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1075–1082.
PMCID: PMC1763762
Acute effect of pretreatment with single conventional dose of salmeterol on dose-response curve to oxitropium bromide in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
M. Cazzola, P Di, S. Centanni, C. Califano, C. F. Donner, M. D'Amato, and G. D'Amato
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1083–1086.
PMCID: PMC1763760
Review of therapeutically equivalent alternatives to short acting β2 adrenoceptor agonists delivered via chlorofluorocarbon-containing inhalers
D Hughes, A Woodcock, and T Walley
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1087–1092.
PMCID: PMC1763753
Fas and Fas ligand expression in cystic fibrosis airway epithelium
I. Durieu, C. Amsellem, C. Paulin, M. Chambe, J. Bienvenu, G. Bellon, and Y Pacheco
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1093–1098.
PMCID: PMC1763765
Reading numbers aloud: a measure of the limiting effect of breathlessness in patients with cancer
A. Wilcock, V. Crosby, D. Clarke, R. Corcoran, and A. Tattersfield
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1099–1103.
PMCID: PMC1763764
Short Paper
Respiratory symptoms in older people and use of domestic gas appliances
L Dow, L Phelps, L Fowler, K Waters, D Coggon, and S Holgate
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1104–1106.
PMCID: PMC1763757
Review Series
Primary pulmonary hypertension
A Peacock
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1107–1118.
PMCID: PMC1763750
Occasional Review
Gender differences in airway behaviour over the human life span
M. Becklake and F. Kauffmann
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1119–1138.
PMCID: PMC1763756
Case Report
Paradoxical embolism in a boy with cystic fibrosis and a stroke
S Playfor and A Smyth
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1139–1140.
PMCID: PMC1763767
Letters to the Editor
Surgery and respiratory muscles
G DRUMMOND, N SIAFAKAS, I MITROUSKA, D BOUROS, and D GEORGOPOULOS
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1140–1141.
PMCID: PMC1763759
Postoperative air leaks
M HENRY, J HARVEY, A ARNOLD, D. WALLER, J. EDWARDS, and P. RAJESH
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1140.
PMCID: PMC1763758
Rare diseases
C ROBERTS, A TATTERSFIELD, and R M DU BOIS
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1140.
PMCID: PMC1763761
Aspergillus fumigatus: re-invention of the wheel
A. SEATON, T. MURAYAMA, and R. AMITANI
Thorax. 1999 December; 54(12): 1140.
PMCID: PMC1763766
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