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Original Article

• Epidemiology

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    Socioeconomic risk factors for lung function decline in a general population

    A. Johannessen, T.M.L. Eagan, E.R. Omenaas, P.S. Bakke, A. Gulsvik

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 480-487; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00186509 Published 31 August 2010

    • Supplementary material

• Environmental lung disease and COPD

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    COPD prevalence and its association with occupational exposures in a general population

    A.M. Melville, T. Pless-Mulloli, O.A. Afolabi, S.C. Stenton

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 488-493; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00038309 Published 31 August 2010

    • Questionnaire

• Asthma

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    Long-acting β₂-agonists in adult asthma and the pattern of risk of death and severe asthma outcomes: a study using the GPRD

    F. de Vries, E. Setakis, B. Zhang, T.P. van Staa

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 494-502; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00124209 Published 31 August 2010
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    Reduced carotid atherosclerosis in asthmatic patients treated with inhaled corticosteroids

    M. Otsuki, A. Miyatake, K. Fujita, T. Hamasaki, S. Kasayama

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 503-508; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00090009 Published 31 August 2010
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    Th2-associated immunity to bacteria in teenagers and susceptibility to asthma

    E.M. Hollams, B.J. Hales, C. Bachert, W. Huvenne, F. Parsons, N.H. de Klerk, M. Serralha, B.J. Holt, S. Ahlstedt, W.R. Thomas, P.D. Sly, P.G. Holt

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 509-516; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00184109 Published 31 August 2010

    • Supplementary data
    • Supplementary material
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    Healthy hire effect, job selection and inhalation exposure among young adults with asthma

    M. Olivieri, M.C. Mirabelli, E. Plana, K. Radon, J.M. Antó, P. Bakke, G. Benke, A. D’Errico, P. Henneberger, H. Kromhout, D. Norbäck, K. Torén, M. van Sprundel, S. Villani, G. Wieslander, J-P. Zock, M. Kogevinas

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 517-523; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00125709 Published 31 August 2010
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    Comparison of two twice-daily doses of budesonide/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy

    M. Aubier, R. Buhl, T. Ekström, J. Ostinelli, C.P. van Schayck, O. Selroos, J. Haughney

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 524-530; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00022010 Published 31 August 2010

    • German translation

• COPD

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    Clinical COPD phenotypes: a novel approach using principal component and cluster analyses

    P-R. Burgel, J-L. Paillasseur, D. Caillaud, I. Tillie-Leblond, P. Chanez, R. Escamilla, I. Court-Fortune, T. Perez, P. Carré, N. Roche on behalf of the Initiatives BPCO Scientific Committee

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 531-539; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00175109 Published 31 August 2010

    • Supplementary material
    • CME Questions
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    Does body height reduction influence interpretation of lung function in COPD patients?

    A. Kjensli, M. Ryg, J.A. Falch, G. Armbrecht, L.M. Diep, E.F. Eriksen, I. Ellingsen

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 540-548; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00148609 Published 31 August 2010

• Pulmonary Vascular Disease

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    Survival in incident and prevalent cohorts of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

    M. Humbert, O. Sitbon, A. Yaïci, D. Montani, D.S. O'Callaghan, X. Jaïs, F. Parent, L. Savale, D. Natali, S. Günther, A. Chaouat, F. Chabot, J-F. Cordier, G. Habib, V. Gressin, Z-C. Jing, R. Souza, G. Simonneau on behalf of the French Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Network

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 549-555; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00057010 Published 31 August 2010

• Sleep-related Disorders

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    Population prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea in a community of German third graders

    M.S. Urschitz, P.E. Brockmann, M. Schlaud, C.F. Poets

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 556-568; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00078409 Published 31 August 2010
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    Effects of pentobarbital on upper airway patency during sleep

    M. Eikermann, D.J. Eckert, N.L. Chamberlin, A.S. Jordan, S. Zaremba, S. Smith, C. Rosow, A. Malhotra

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 569-576; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00153809 Published 31 August 2010
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    Ventilatory chemoresponsiveness, narcolepsy–cataplexy and human leukocyte antigen DQB1*0602 status

    F. Han, E. Mignot, Y.C. Wei, S.X. Dong, J. Li, L. Lin, P. An, L.H. Wang, J.S. Wang, M.Z. He, H.Y. Gao, M. Li, Z.C. Gao, K.P. Strohl

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 577-583; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00174609 Published 31 August 2010
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    Treatment outcome of multidrug/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Latvia, 2000–2004

    V. Leimane, G. Dravniece, V. Riekstina, I. Sture, S. Kammerer, M.P. Chen, G. Skenders, T.H. Holtz

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 584-593; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00003710 Published 31 August 2010

    • Supplementary data

• Respiratory Infections & Tuberculosis

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    Enhanced diagnosis of HIV-1-associated tuberculosis by relating T-SPOT.TB and CD4 counts

    T. Oni, J. Patel, H.P. Gideon, R. Seldon, K. Wood, Y. Hlombe, K.A. Wilkinson, M.X. Rangaka, M. Mendelson, R.J. Wilkinson

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 594-600; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00171509 Published 31 August 2010
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    Procalcitonin guidance and reduction of antibiotic use in acute respiratory tract infection

    O. Burkhardt, S. Ewig, U. Haagen, S. Giersdorf, O. Hartmann, K. Wegscheider, E. Hummers-Pradier, T. Welte

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 601-607; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00163309 Published 31 August 2010

    • Supplementary data
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    Effectiveness of the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in preventing pneumonia in the elderly

    A. Domínguez, C. Izquierdo, L. Salleras, L. Ruiz, D. Sousa, J-M. Bayas, M. Nebot, W. Varona, J-M. Celorrio, J. Carratalà for the Working Group for the Study of Prevention of CAP in the Elderly

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 608-614; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00171309 Published 31 August 2010

    • Paired analysis tables
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    Adrenal function is related to prognosis in moderate community-acquired pneumonia

    M. Kolditz, M. Halank, B. Schulte-Hubbert, G. Höffken

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 615-621; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00191709 Published 31 August 2010

• Paediatric Lung Function

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    Reference equations for specific airway resistance in children: the Asthma UK initiative

    J. Kirkby, S. Stanojevic, L. Welsh, S. Lum, M. Badier, C. Beardsmore, A. Custovic, K. Nielsen, J. Paton, W. Tomalak, J. Stocks on behalf of Asthma UK

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 622-629; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00135909 Published 31 August 2010

    • Supplementary data

• Cell & Animal Studies

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    MEK modulates force-fluctuation-induced relengthening of canine tracheal smooth muscle

    M.L. Dowell, T.L. Lavoie, O.J. Lakser, N.O. Dulin, J.J. Fredberg, W.T. Gerthoffer, C.Y. Seow, R.W. Mitchell, J. Solway

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 630-637; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00160209 Published 31 August 2010
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    Cigarette smoke enhances β-defensin 2 expression in rat airways via nuclear factor-κB activation

    L. Chen, B-B. Sun, T. Wang, X. Wang, J-Q. Li, H-X. Wang, S-F. Zhang, D-S. Liu, L. Liu, D. Xu, X-M. Ou, Y-J. Chen, T. Yang, H. Zhou, F-Q. Wen

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 638-645; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00029409 Published 31 August 2010
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    Azithromycin induces anti-viral responses in bronchial epithelial cells

    V. Gielen, S.L. Johnston, M.R. Edwards

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 646-654; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00095809 Published 31 August 2010
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    Mechanisms of bradykinin-induced contraction in human fetal lung fibroblasts

    L. Petecchia, F. Sabatini, C. Usai, S. Carnevali, M. Ognibene, C. Vanni, A. Eva, L.M. Fabbri, G.A. Rossi, F.L.M. Ricciardolo

    European Respiratory Journal 36 (3) 655-664; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00112209 Published 31 August 2010