| | Editorials Eat well to get well E Wouters PMCID: PMC1746796 Peripheral muscle weakness in COPD: where does it come from? M Polkey PMCID: PMC1746794 Measurement of lung function in preschool children using the interrupter technique P Sly and E Lombardi PMCID: PMC1746798 Airwaves Thorax. 2003 September; 58(9): 739. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.9.739-a.PMCID: PMC1746819 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Nutritional enhancement of exercise performance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomised controlled trial M Steiner, R Barton, S Singh, and M Morgan PMCID: PMC1746806 Muscle force during an acute exacerbation in hospitalised patients with COPD and its relationship with CXCL8 and IGF-I M Spruit, R Gosselink, T Troosters, A Kasran, G Gayan-Ramirez, P Bogaerts, R Bouillon, and M Decramer PMCID: PMC1746817 Lung Alerts Can limited pulmonary resection replace lobectomy for small sized lung cancer? T Warke PMCID: PMC1746814 Food allergy may predict life threatening asthma in children D Shaw PMCID: PMC1746801 Radiofrequency ablation of lung cancer P Bhatia PMCID: PMC1746820 Integrated PET-CT improves accuracy in staging of NSCLC compared with PET and CT alone K Ryanna PMCID: PMC1746795 Exposure to nitrogen dioxide may be associated with severity of virus related asthma exacerbations G Currie PMCID: PMC1746805 Cinema smoking encourages the habit in adolescents A Rajasekaran PMCID: PMC1746811 Asthma Increased circulating 92 kDa matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-9) activity in exacerbations of asthma Y Oshita, T Koga, T Kamimura, K Matsuo, T Rikimaru, and H Aizawa PMCID: PMC1746799 Respiratory Physiology Short and long term variability of the interrupter technique under field and standardised conditions in 3–6 year old children R Beelen, H Smit, R T van Strien, L Koopman, J Brussee, B Brunekreef, J Gerritsen, and P Merkus PMCID: PMC1746802 Interstitial Lung Disease Short course dexamethasone treatment following injury inhibits bleomycin induced fibrosis in rats W Dik, R McAnulty, M Versnel, B Naber, L Zimmermann, G Laurent, and S Mutsaers PMCID: PMC1746812 Airway Biology TGF-ß1 causes airway fibrosis and increased collagen I and III mRNA in mice N Kenyon, R Ward, G McGrew, and J Last PMCID: PMC1746790 Inhibition of MMP-9 expression by PPARγ activators in human bronchial epithelial cells M Hetzel, D Walcher, M Grub, H Bach, V Hombach, and N Marx PMCID: PMC1746807 Lung Cancer Screening for lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials R Manser, L Irving, G Byrnes, M Abramson, C Stone, and D Campbell PMCID: PMC1746815 Smoking Lack of association of group specific component haplotypes with lung function in smokers I Kasuga, P Pare, J Ruan, J Connett, N Anthonisen, and A Sandford PMCID: PMC1746792 Cystic Fibrosis Survey of resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from UK patients with cystic fibrosis to six commonly prescribed antimicrobial agents T Pitt, M Sparrow, M Warner, and M Stefanidou PMCID: PMC1746803 Thoracic Surgery Atrial septostomy in the treatment of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension F Reichenberger, J Pepke-Zaba, K McNeil, J Parameshwar, and L Shapiro PMCID: PMC1746810 Short Paper Caffeine levels following treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea G Robinson, J Pepperell, R Davies, and J Stradling PMCID: PMC1746804 Review Series Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 12: New treatments for COPD P Barnes PMCID: PMC1746809 Lung cancer • 8: Management of malignant mesothelioma C Parker and E Neville PMCID: PMC1746789 The pulmonary physician in critical care • Illustrative case 7: Assessment and management of massive haemoptysis J Lordan, A Gascoigne, and P Corris PMCID: PMC1746797 The pulmonary physician in critical care • Illustrative case 8: Acute respiratory failure following lung resection E Beddow and P Goldstraw PMCID: PMC1746808 Case Report Eosinophilic "empyema" associated with crack cocaine use D Strong, J Westcott, J Biller, J Morrison, R Effros, and J Maloney PMCID: PMC1746813 Letters to the Editor Usefulness of GOLD classification of COPD severity D Kohler, J Fischer, F Raschke, and B Schonhofer PMCID: PMC1746818 Sahaja yoga in asthma R Manocha PMCID: PMC1746791 Homeopathy in childhood asthma A Li, A Bush, N Wilson, F Dantas, S Brien, G Lewith, P Fisher, K Chatfield, R Mathie, R Leckridge, and A White PMCID: PMC1746788 Book Review Statistics in Clinical Practice T Seemungal PMCID: PMC1746793 Journal Matter Original table of contents page |
