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Volume 59(3);  March 2004
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Editorials
NICE guidance for COPD
D Halpin
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 181–182. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.021113.
PMCID: PMC1746957
Peer review and NICE COPD guidelines
J Wedzicha
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 183. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.021543.
PMCID: PMC1746967
Smoking, cadmium, and emphysema
D Hendrick
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 184–185. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.018432.
PMCID: PMC1746972
Examining the influence of early life socioeconomic position on pulmonary function across the life span: where do we go from here?
B Jackson, R Wright, L Kubzansky, and S Weiss
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 186–188. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.018929.
PMCID: PMC1746981
Bioterrorism: the lung under attack
R Maynard and T Tetley
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 188–189. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.016659.
PMCID: PMC1746961
Airwaves
Airwaves
W. Wedzicha
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 181.
PMCID: PMC1746964
Conference Report
A breath of fresh air? Report of the 2003 British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting
J Hurst and B Choo-Kang
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 190–193. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.019968.
PMCID: PMC1746959
Lung Alerts
Are obese children at risk of sleep disordered breathing?
D Shaw
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 193.
PMCID: PMC1746973
Interferon gamma therapy and pulmonary fibrosis
A Medford
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 216.
PMCID: PMC1746978
Antiretroviral therapy improves outcome of HIV infected adults with TB
G Rohde
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 216.
PMCID: PMC1746983
Does CT screening for lung cancer assist smokers to stop?
N Jayasekera
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 230.
PMCID: PMC1746960
Does oestrogen lead to improved survival in women with non-small cell lung cancer?
J Ostberg
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 241.
PMCID: PMC1746969
Environmental Exposure
Urinary cadmium levels predict lower lung function in current and former smokers: data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
D Mannino, F Holguin, H Greves, A Savage-Brown, A Stock, and R Jones
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 194–198. doi: 10.1136/thorax.2003.012054.
PMCID: PMC1746977
Association between self-reported childhood socioeconomic position and adult lung function: findings from the British Women's Heart and Health Study
D Lawlor, S Ebrahim, and S Davey
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 199–203. doi: 10.1136/thorax.2003.008482.
PMCID: PMC1746970
Association between air pollution exposure and exhaled nitric oxide in an elderly population
G Adamkiewicz, S Ebelt, M Syring, J Slater, F Speizer, J Schwartz, H Suh, and D Gold
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 204–209. doi: 10.1136/thorax.2003.006445.
PMCID: PMC1746963
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Regional chest wall volumes during exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
A Aliverti, N Stevenson, R Dellaca, M Lo, A Pedotti, and P Calverley
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 210–216. doi: 10.1136/thorax.2003.011494.
PMCID: PMC1746979
Airway Biology
Attenuation of bleomycin induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice using the heme oxygenase inhibitor Zn-deuteroporphyrin IX-2,4-bisethylene glycol
L Atzori, F Chua, S Dunsmore, D Willis, M Barbarisi, R McAnulty, and G Laurent
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 217–223. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.008979.
PMCID: PMC1746982
Retinoic acid fails to reverse emphysema in adult mouse models
M Fujita, Q Ye, H Ouchi, N Nakashima, N Hamada, N Hagimoto, K Kuwano, R Mason, and Y Nakanishi
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 224–230. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.010785.
PMCID: PMC1746974
Neutrophil apoptosis, proinflammatory mediators and cell counts in bronchiectasis
A Watt, V Brown, J Courtney, M Kelly, L Garske, J Elborn, and M Ennis
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 231–236. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.008037.
PMCID: PMC1746966
Lung Cancer
Screening for lung cancer using low dose CT scanning
R MacRedmond, P Logan, M Lee, D Kenny, C Foley, and R Costello
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 237–241. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.008821.
PMCID: PMC1746965
Cystic Fibrosis
Long term clinical outcome of home and hospital intravenous antibiotic treatment in adults with cystic fibrosis
J Thornton, R Elliott, M Tully, M Dodd, and A Webb
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 242–246. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.005876.
PMCID: PMC1746976
Respiratory Infection
Impairment of ß chemokine and cytokine production in patients with HIV related Pneumocystis jerovici pneumonia
D Israel-Biet, H Esvant, A Laval, and J Cadranel
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 247–251. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.013763.
PMCID: PMC1746968
Role of lopinavir/ritonavir in the treatment of SARS: initial virological and clinical findings
C Chu, V Cheng, I Hung, M Wong, K Chan, K Chan, R Kao, L Poon, C Wong, Y Guan, J Peiris, and K Yuen
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 252–256. doi: 10.1136/thorax.2003.012658.
PMCID: PMC1746980
Review Series
Cough · 5: The type 1 vanilloid receptor: a sensory receptor for cough
A Morice and P Geppetti
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 257–258. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.013482.
PMCID: PMC1746975
α1-Antitrypsin deficiency · 2: Genetic aspects of α1-antitrypsin deficiency: phenotypes and genetic modifiers of emphysema risk
D DeMeo and E Silverman
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 259–264. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.006502.
PMCID: PMC1746953
Occasional Review
Respiratory medical societies and the threat of bioterrorism
T O'Riordan and G Smaldone
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 265–267. doi: 10.1136/thorax.2003.015321.
PMCID: PMC1746971
Case Report
Bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis and related respiratory complications in a patient with West Nile virus infection
A Betensley, S Jaffery, H Collins, N Sripathi, and F Alabi
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 268–269. doi: 10.1136/thorax.2003.009092.
PMCID: PMC1746955
Letters to the Editor
Predictors of therapy resistant asthma
C Everett, J Kastelik, S Mulrennan, A Morice, L Heaney, and B Johnston
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 270–271. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.014514.
PMCID: PMC1746952
FENO as a diagnostic tool in paediatric asthma
A Deykin and L Malmberg
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 271. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.014050.
PMCID: PMC1746958
Images in Thorax
Virtual bronchoscopy and 3D spiral CT reconstructions in the management of kyphosis induced tracheal compression
N Moorjani, G Conn, J Rahamim, and N Ring
Thorax. 2004 March; 59(3): 272. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.019257.
PMCID: PMC1746962
Journal Matter
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