a Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK, b Department of Sports Science, Loughborough University of Technology, UK Dr S M Revill. BACKGROUND The purpose of this ...
Antileukotriene drugs are new therapeutic agents that have recently been approved for the treatment of asthma. Several cases of eosinophilic conditions including Churg-Strauss syndrome have been ...
This paper updates the evidence base and key recommendations of the Health Education Authority (HEA) smoking cessation guidelines for health professionals published in Thorax in 1998. The strategy for ...
1 The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR Correspondence to William B Goggins III, The Jockey Club School of Public Health ...
Correspondence to Sean M Cavany, TB Modelling Group, TB Centre and CMMID, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, ...
Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, and John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW 2310, Australia Correspondence to: Professor P G ...
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of global mortality, yet existing risk prediction models remain limited. This study aimed to develop and validate a ...
1 Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK 2 Division of Therapeutics and Molecular Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK Correspondence to Dr ...
Background Oscillatory positive expiratory pressure (OPEP) devices are intended to facilitate sputum clearance and reduce cough, but there is limited evidence for their effectiveness in COPD, or to ...
BACKGROUND Particulate air pollution has been associated with excess deaths from, and increases in hospital admissions for, cardiovascular disease among older people. A study was undertaken to ...
Correspondence to Professor Bing-Fang Hwang, Department of Occupational Safety and Health, China Medical University, Taichung 406040, Taiwan; bfhwang{at}mail.cmu.edu.tw Background The effect of ...
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