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Welcome to BMC Pulmonary Medicine published by BioMed Central
BMC Pulmonary Medicine is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of pulmonary and associated disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine (ISSN 1471-2466) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :7
More action is needed to prevent exposure to asthma-causing agents in the workplace, as evidence from the literature suggests that 16.3% of all adult-onset asthma is caused by occupational exposures.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :6
Bouros and Makris discuss the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease standard exacerbation definition for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and consider how there is still room for improvement despite this step forward.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :5
Oliver Eickelberg and Dariusz Zakrzewicz review the recent findings of dysregulated arginine methylation in chronic pulmonary diseases, including pulmonary arterial hypertension, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and discuss future directions and possible therapies.
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Alterations in the human lung proteome with lipopolysaccharide and activated protein C Russell P Bowler, Nichole A Reisdorph, Richard Reisdorph, Edward Abraham BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :20 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Gene Expression in Lungs of Mice Lacking the 5-hydroxytryptamine Transporter Gene Daniel Crona, Julie Harral, Serge Adnot, Saadia Eddahibi, James West BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :19 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Serum VEGF levels are related to the presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis Andriana I Papaioannou, Epaminondas Zakynthinos, Konstantinos Kostikas, Theodoros Kiropoulos, Angela Koutsokera, Athanasios Ziogas, Athanasios Koutroumpas, Lazaros Sakkas, Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis, Zoe D Daniil BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :18 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The Urban Environment and Childhood Asthma (URECA) birth cohort study: design, methods, and study population James E. Gern, Cynthia M. Visness, Peter J. Gergen, Robert A. Wood, Gordon R. Bloomberg, George T. O'Connor, Meyer Kattan, Hugh A. Sampson, Frank R. Witter, Megan T. Sandel, Wayne G. Shreffler, Rosalind J. Wright, Samuel J. Arbes, William W. Busse BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :17 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Insufficient quality of sputum submitted for tuberculosis diagnosis and associated factors, in Klaten district, Indonesia Mateus Sakundarno, Nurjazuli Nurjazuli, Sutopo Patria Jati, Retna Sariningdyah, Sumarsono Purwadi, Bachti Alisjahbana, Marieke J. van der Werf BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :16 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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ICE COLD ERIC - International Collaborative Effort on Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Exacerbation Risk Index Cohorts - Study protocol for an international COPD cohort study
Lara Siebeling, Gerben ter Riet, Willem M van der Wal, Ronald B Geskus, Marco Zoller, Patrick Muggensturm, Irena Joleska, Milo A Puhan BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :15 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Studying bacteria in respiratory specimens by using conventional and molecular microbiological approaches Geraint B Rogers, Thomas WV Daniels, Andrew Tuck, Mary P Carroll, Gary J Connett, Gondi JP David, Kenneth D Bruce BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :14 (15 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Prediction and treatment of asthma in preschool children at risk: study design and baseline data of a prospective cohort study in general practice (ARCADE) Karina E van Wonderen, Lonneke B van der Mark, Jacob Mohrs, Ronald B Geskus, Willem M van der Wal, Wim MC van Aalderen, Patrick JE Bindels, Gerben ter Riet BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :13 (15 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Nonattendance in pediatric pulmonary clinics: an ambulatory survey Aviv D Goldbart, Jacob Dreiher, Daniel A Vardy, Soliman Alkrinawi, Arnon D Cohen BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :12 (14 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Plasma leptin and insulin-like growth factor I levels during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Prokopis Kythreotis, Ageliki Kokkini, Stavrina Avgeropoulou, Argyro Hadjioannou, Efgenia Anastasakou, Antonis Rasidakis, Petros Bakakos BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :11 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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How much do health care providers value a community-based asthma care program? - a survey to collect their opinions on the utilities of and barriers to its uptake Teresa To, Susan McLimont, Chengning Wang, Lisa Cicutto BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :77 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Commentary
Marketing data: Has the rise of impact factor led to the fall of objective language in the scientific article? Veronique J Fraser, James G Martin Respiratory Research 2009, 10 :35 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Does the Availability of Positron Emission Tomography modify Diagnostic Strategies for Solitary Pulmonary Nodules?
An Observational Study in France Irawati Lemonnier, Cedric Baumann, Nicolas Jay, Kazem Alzahouri, Patrick Arveux, Damien Jolly, Catherine Lejeune, Michel Velten, Fabien Vitry, Marie-Christine Woronoff-Lemsi, Francis Guillemin BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :139 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Changes in regional distribution of lung sounds as a function of positive end-expiratory pressure Shaul Lev, Yael A Glickman, Ilya Kagan, David Dahan, Jonathan Cohen, Milana Grinev, Maury Shapiro, Pierre Singer Critical Care 2009, 13 :R66 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Use of the Italian version of the Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire in the daily practice: results of a prospective study Giampaolo Ricci, Arianna Dondi, Elena Baldi, Barbara Bendandi, Arianna Giannetti, Massimo Masi BMC Pediatrics 2009, 9 :30 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Head CT is of limited diagnostic value in critically ill patients who remain unresponsive after discontinuation of sedation Jay S Balachandran, Mairaj Jaleel, Manu Jain, Niraj Mahajan, Ravi Kalhan, Rajesh Balagani, Helen K Donnelly, Eugene Greenstein, Gokhan M Mutlu BMC Anesthesiology 2009, 9 :3 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Spatiotemporal analysis of air pollution and asthma patient visits in Taipei, Taiwan Ta-Chien Chan, Mei-Lien Chen, I-Feng Lin, Cheng-Hua Lee, Po-Huang Chiang, Da-Wei Wang, Jen-Hsiang Chuang International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8 :26 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Adult onset lung disease following transient disruption of fetal stretch-induced differentiation Joesph J. Hudak, Erin Killeen, Ashok Chandran, J. Craig Cohen, Janet E. Larson Respiratory Research 2009, 10 :34 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Traffic exposure associated with allergic asthma and allergic rhinitis in adults: a cross-sectional study in southern Sweden. Anna Lindgren, Emilie Stroh, Ulf Nihlen, Peter Montnemery, Anna Axmon, Kristina Jakobsson International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8 :25 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Use of serial analysis of gene expression to reveal the specific regulation of gene expression profile in asthmatic rats treated by acupuncture Lei-Miao Yin, Gong-Hao Jiang, Yu Wang, Yan Wang, Yan-Yan Liu, Wei-Rong Jin, Yu-Dong Xu, Qing-Hua Zhang, Yong-Qing Yang Journal of Biomedical Science 2009, 16 :46 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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