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01 June 2012; volume 39, issue 6

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    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) E18; Published 31 May 2012
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In Memoriam

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    Prof. Andrzej Szczeklik, 1938–2012: aspirin-induced asthma and much more
    Sven-Erik Dahlén, Barbro Dahlén, Klaus F. Rabe
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1283-1286; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00054112 Published 31 May 2012
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    Prof. Andrzej Szczeklik, 1938–2012: aspirin-induced asthma and much more
    Ewa Nizankowska-Mogilnicka, Jacek Musiał, Marek Sanak, Piotr Gajewski
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1286; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00024912 Published 31 May 2012

Editorial

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    Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for emphysema: where next?
    Pallav L. Shah, Nicholas S. Hopkinson
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1287-1289; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00217411 Published 31 May 2012
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    Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Eastern Europe: still on the increase?
    Giovanni Battista Migliori, Masoud Dara, Pierpaolo de Colombani, Hans Kluge, Mario C. Raviglione
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1290-1291; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00214411 Published 31 May 2012
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    Pre-implantation genetic testing for hereditary pulmonary arterial hypertension: promise and caution
    Rizwan Hamid, James Loyd
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1292-1293; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00218911 Published 31 May 2012
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    Respiratory critical care HERMES syllabus: defining competencies for respiratory doctors
    Antonio Artigas, Paolo Pelosi, Dominic Dellweg, Laurent Brochard, Miguel Ferrer, Jens Geiseler, Anders Larsson, Stefano Nava, Paolo Navalesi, Julie-Lyn Noël, Stylianos Orfanos, Paolo Palange, Bernd Schoenhofer, Theodoros Vassilakopoulos, Anita Simonds the ERS Educational Task Force on Respiratory Critical Care HERMES
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1294-1297; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00056212 Published 31 May 2012

Perspective

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    Evasion of COPD in smokers: at what price?
    Manuel G. Cosio, Marina Saetta
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1298-1303; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00135711 Published 31 May 2012

Original Article

  • Occupational Lung Disease

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      Temporal patterns of occupational asbestos exposure and risk of pleural mesothelioma
      Aude Lacourt, Karen Leffondré, Céline Gramond, Stéphane Ducamp, Patrick Rolland, Anabelle Gilg Soit Ilg, Marie Houot, Ellen Imbernon, Joëlle Févotte, Marcel Goldberg, Patrick Brochard
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1304-1312; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00005111 Published 31 May 2012
  • Telemedicine and Spirometry

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      Telemedicine enhances quality of forced spirometry in primary care
      Felip Burgos, Carlos Disdier, Elena Lopez de Santamaria, Batxi Galdiz, Núria Roger, Maria Luisa Rivera, Ramona Hervàs, Enric Durán-Tauleria, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Josep Roca on behalf of e-Spir@p group
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1313-1318; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00168010 Published 31 May 2012
  • COPD

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      Multicentre European study for the treatment of advanced emphysema with bronchial valves
      Vincent Ninane, Christian Geltner, Michela Bezzi, Pierfranco Foccoli, Jens Gottlieb, Tobias Welte, Luis Seijo, Javier J. Zulueta, Mohammed Munavvar, Antoni Rosell, Marta Lopez, Paul W. Jones, Harvey O. Coxson, Steven C. Springmeyer, Xavier Gonzalez
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1319-1325; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00019711 Published 31 May 2012
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      Bronchoscopic thermal vapour ablation therapy in the management of heterogeneous emphysema
      Gregory Snell, Felix J.F. Herth, Peter Hopkins, Kimberley M. Baker, Christian Witt, Mark H. Gotfried, Arschang Valipour, Manfred Wagner, Franz Stanzel, Jim J. Egan, Steven Kesten, Armin Ernst
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1326-1333; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00092411 Published 31 May 2012
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      Efficacy predictors of lung volume reduction with Zephyr valves in a European cohort
      Felix J.F. Herth, Marc Noppen, Arschang Valipour, Sylvie Leroy, Jean-Michel Vergnon, Joachim H. Ficker, Jim J. Egan, Stefano Gasparini, Carlos Agusti, Debby Holmes-Higgin, Armin Ernst
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1334-1342; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00161611 Published 31 May 2012
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      Risk factors for COPD spirometrically defined from the lower limit of normal in the BOLD project
      Richard Hooper, Peter Burney, William M. Vollmer, Mary Ann McBurnie, Thorarinn Gislason, Wan C. Tan, Anamika Jithoo, Ali Kocabas, Tobias Welte, A. Sonia Buist
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1343-1353; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00002711 Published 31 May 2012
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      Sputum colour and bacteria in chronic bronchitis exacerbations: a pooled analysis
      Marc Miravitlles, Frank Kruesmann, Daniel Haverstock, Renee Perroncel, Shurjeel H. Choudhri, Pierre Arvis
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1354-1360; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00042111 Published 31 May 2012
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      Mast cells in COPD airways: relationship to bronchodilator responsiveness and angiogenesis
      Amir Soltani, Yean Pin Ewe, Zhen Sheng Lim, Sukhwinder S. Sohal, David Reid, Steve Weston, Richard Wood-Baker, E. Haydn Walters
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1361-1367; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00084411 Published 31 May 2012
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      DNA damage as a molecular link in the pathogenesis of COPD in smokers
      Kazutetsu Aoshiba, Fang Zhou, Takao Tsuji, Atsushi Nagai
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1368-1376; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00050211 Published 31 May 2012
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      Effect of fruit and vegetable intake on oxidative stress and inflammation in COPD: a randomised controlled trial
      Francina R. Baldrick, J. Stuart Elborn, Jayne V. Woodside, Katherine Treacy, Judy M. Bradley, Chris C. Patterson, Bettina C. Schock, Madeleine Ennis, Ian S. Young, Michelle C. McKinley
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1377-1384; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00086011 Published 31 May 2012
  • Cystic Fibrosis

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      CXCR1 and CXCR2 haplotypes synergistically modulate cystic fibrosis lung disease
      Michael S.D. Kormann, Andreas Hector, Veronica Marcos, Lauren E. Mays, Matthias Kappler, Thomas Illig, Norman Klopp, Sonja Zeilinger, Melanie Carevic, Nikolaus Rieber, Olaf Eickmeier, Stefan Zielen, Amit Gaggar, Barbara Moepps, Matthias Griese, Dominik Hartl
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1385-1390; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00130011 Published 31 May 2012
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  • Sleep-Related Disorders

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      Residual sleep-disordered breathing during autotitrating continuous positive airway pressure therapy
      Angela L. Denotti, Keith K.H. Wong, George C. Dungan II, John W. Gilholme, Nathaniel S. Marshall, Ronald R. Grunstein
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1391-1397; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00093811 Published 31 May 2012
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      Effect of Mediterranean diet versus prudent diet combined with physical activity on OSAS: a randomised trial
      Christopher Papandreou, Sophia E. Schiza, Izolde Bouloukaki, Christos M. Hatzis, Anthony G. Kafatos, Nikolaos M. Siafakas, Nikolaos E. Tzanakis
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1398-1404; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00103411 Published 31 May 2012
  • Pulmonary Vascular Disease

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      Targets of anti-endothelial cell antibodies in pulmonary hypertension and scleroderma
      Hanadi Dib, Mathieu C. Tamby, Guillaume Bussone, Alexis Regent, Alice Berezné, Claudine Lafine, Cédric Broussard, Gérald Simonneau, Loïc Guillevin, Véronique Witko-Sarsat, Marc Humbert, Luc Mouthon
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1405-1414; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00181410 Published 31 May 2012
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      A role for the CXCL12 receptor, CXCR7, in the pathogenesis of human pulmonary vascular disease
      Christine M. Costello, Brian McCullagh, Katherine Howell, Michelle Sands, John A. Belperio, Michael P. Keane, Sean Gaine, Paul McLoughlin
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1415-1424; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00044911 Published 31 May 2012
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  • Tuberculosis

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      Alarming levels of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Belarus: results of a survey in Minsk
      Alena Skrahina, Henadz Hurevich, Aksana Zalutskaya, Evgeni Sahalchyk, Andrei Astrauko, Wayne van Gemert, Sven Hoffner, Valiantsin Rusovich, Matteo Zignol
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1425-1431; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00145411 Published 31 May 2012
  • Lung Cancer

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      Forceps biopsy and suction catheter for sampling in pulmonary nodules and infiltrates
      Antje Peschke, Bärbel Wiedemann, Gert Höffken, Dirk Koschel
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1432-1436; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00024111 Published 31 May 2012
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      Clonality of multifocal nonsmall cell lung cancer: implications for staging and therapy
      Arne Warth, Stephan Macher-Goeppinger, Thomas Muley, Michael Thomas, Hans Hoffmann, Philipp A. Schnabel, Roland Penzel, Peter Schirmacher, Sebastian Aulmann
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1437-1442; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00105911 Published 31 May 2012
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      Serum selenium level and risk of lung cancer mortality: a 16-year follow-up of the Copenhagen Male Study
      Poul Suadicani, Hans Ole Hein, Finn Gyntelberg
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1443-1448; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00102711 Published 31 May 2012
  • Lung Function

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      The resistive and elastic work of breathing during exercise in patients with chronic heart failure
      Troy J. Cross, Surendan Sabapathy, Kenneth C. Beck, Norman R. Morris, Bruce D. Johnson
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1449-1457; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00125011 Published 31 May 2012
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      The European Respiratory Society spirometry tent: a unique form of screening for airway obstruction
      Sara Maio, Duane L. Sherrill, William MacNee, Peter Lange, Ulrich Costabel, Sven-Erik Dahlén, Gerhard W. Sybrecht, Otto C. Burghuber, Robin Stevenson, Philip Tønnesen, Karl Haeussinger, Gunilla Hedlin, Torsten T. Bauer, Josef Riedler, Laurent Nicod, Kai-Håkon Carlsen, Giovanni Viegi on behalf of the European Respiratory Society/European Lung Foundation Spirometry Tent working group
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1458-1467; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00111910 Published 31 May 2012
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  • Paediatric Lung Disease

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      Maternal use of folic acid supplements during pregnancy, and childhood respiratory health and atopy
      Marga B.M. Bekkers, Liset E.M. Elstgeest, Salome Scholtens, Annemien Haveman-Nies, Johan C. de Jongste, Marjan Kerkhof, Gerard H. Koppelman, Ulrike Gehring, Henriëtte A. Smit, Alet H. Wijga
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1468-1474; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00094511 Published 31 May 2012
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      Proteins involved in extracellular matrix dynamics are associated with respiratory syncytial virus disease severity
      Annemieke Schuurhof, Louis Bont, Hennie M. Hodemaekers, Arja de Klerk, Hanneke de Groot, Regina W. Hofland, Alma C. van de Pol, Jan L.L. Kimpen, Riny Janssen
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1475-1481; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00012311 Published 31 May 2012
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      Management of primary ciliary dyskinesia in European children: recommendations and clinical practice
      Marie-Pierre F. Strippoli, Thomas Frischer, Angelo Barbato, Deborah Snijders, Elisabeth Maurer, Jane S.A. Lucas, Ernst Eber, Bulent Karadag, Petr Pohunek, Zorica Zivkovic, Amparo Escribano, Chris O’Callaghan, Andrew Bush, Claudia E. Kuehni for the ERS Task Force on primary ciliary dyskinesia in children
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1482-1491; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00073911 Published 31 May 2012
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  • Mechanisms of Lung Disease

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      Carotid body inflammation and cardiorespiratory alterations in intermittent hypoxia
      Rodrigo Del Rio, Esteban A. Moya, María J. Parga, Carlos Madrid, Rodrigo Iturriaga
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1492-1500; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00141511 Published 31 May 2012
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Scientific Assembly Update

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    Clinical highlights from the 2011 ERS Congress in Amsterdam
    Martijn A. Spruit, Niels H. Chavannes, Felix J.F. Herth, Venerino Poletti, Sebastian Ley, Otto C. Burghuber, Enrico Clini, Vincent Cottin
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1501-1510; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00217111 Published 31 May 2012

Series

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    Multidrug resistance after inappropriate tuberculosis treatment: a meta-analysis
    Marieke J. van der Werf, Miranda W. Langendam, Emma Huitric, Davide Manissero
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1511-1519; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00125711 Published 31 May 2012
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    Management of end-stage sarcoidosis: pulmonary hypertension and lung transplantation
    Oksana A. Shlobin, Steven D. Nathan
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1520-1533; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00175511 Published 31 May 2012

Letters

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    Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis in pulmonary arterial hypertension due to BMPR2 mutation
    Nelly Frydman, Julie Steffann, Barbara Girerd, René Frydman, Arnold Munnich, Gérald Simonneau, Marc Humbert
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1534-1535; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00185011 Published 31 May 2012
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    Increased arterial stiffness in children with cystic fibrosis
    Tobias Buehler, Markus Steinmann, Florian Singer, Nicolas Regamey, Carmen Casaulta, Martin H. Schoeni, Giacomo D. Simonetti
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1536-1537; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00212511 Published 31 May 2012
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    Monitoring of tobramycin levels in patients with cystic fibrosis by finger-prick sampling
    Andrew Jones, Judith Beisty, Diane McKenna, Debbie Clough, Kevin Webb, Julie Morris, Brian Keevil
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1537-1538; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00176611 Published 31 May 2012
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    Noninvasive ventilation in cystic fibrosis: the Italian physiotherapists' point of view
    Sergio Zuffo, Simone Gambazza, Alessandro Capra
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1539-1540; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00184411 Published 31 May 2012
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    Penicillium marneffei presenting as an obstructing endobronchial lesion in an immunocompetent host
    Simon A. Joosten, Liam Hannan, George Heroit, Eda Boerner, Louis Irving
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1540-1543; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00156911 Published 31 May 2012
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    Surfactant protein A in chronic extrinsic allergic alveolitis
    Martina Sterclova, Martina Vasakova, Peter Paluch, Milan Paulik
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1543-1544; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00192111 Published 31 May 2012
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    Supine volume drop and diaphragmatic function in adults with Pompe disease
    Hélène Prigent, David Orlikowski, Pascal Laforêt, Nadège Letilly, Line Falaize, Nadine Pellegrini, Djillali Annane, Jean-Claude Raphael, Frédéric Lofaso
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1545-1546; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00169011 Published 31 May 2012

Correspondence

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    Acute exacerbations of COPD: it's the weekend but it can't wait until Monday
    Bram van den Borst, Geertjan Wesseling
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1547; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00022612 Published 31 May 2012
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    Could neutrophilic airway inflammation in obese people be more due to obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome than to asthma?
    Giovanna Elisiana Carpagnano, Maria Pia Foschino-Barbaro, Pierluigi Carratu, Donato Lacedonia, Onofrio Resta
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1547-1549; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00184111 Published 31 May 2012
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    EBUS-TBNA in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary artery sarcoma and thromboembolism
    David Montani, Xavier Jaïs, Olivier Sitbon, Philippe Dartevelle, Gérald Simonneau, Marc Humbert
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1549-1550; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00008912 Published 31 May 2012
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    Nomogram to predict the presence of EGFR activating mutation in lung adenocarcinoma
    Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra, Sachin Punatar, Kumar Prabhash
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1550-1551; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00022112 Published 31 May 2012
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    Nomogram to predict the presence of EGFR activating mutation in lung adenocarcinoma
    Nicolas Girard
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1551; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00042912 Published 31 May 2012

Errata

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    “Triple therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an alarming press release.” A.U. Wells, J. Behr, U. Costabel, V. Cottin and V. Poletti. Eur Respir J 2012; 39: 805–806.
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1552; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.50009112 Published 31 May 2012
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    “Guidelines for the management of work-related asthma.” X. Baur, T. Sigsgaard, T.B. Aasen, P.S. Burge, D. Heederik, P. Henneberger, P. Maestrelli, J. Rooyackers, V. Schlünssen, O. Vandenplas and D. Wilken on behalf of the ERS Task Force on the Management of Work-related Asthma. Eur Respir J 2012; 39: 529–545.
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (6) 1553; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.50096111 Published 31 May 2012
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