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Original Article

• Environmental Lung Disease

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    Fine and coarse particulate air pollution in relation to respiratory health in Sweden

    Saskia M. Willers, Charlotta Eriksson, Lars Gidhagen, Mats E. Nilsson, Göran Pershagen, Tom Bellander

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 924-934; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00088212 Published 30 September 2013

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    The influence of sensitisation to pollens and moulds on seasonal variations in asthma attacks

    Cristina Canova, Joachim Heinrich, Josep Maria Anto, Benedicte Leynaert, Matthew Smith, Nino Kuenzli, Jan-Paul Zock, Christer Janson, Isa Cerveri, Roberto de Marco, Kjell Toren, Thorarinn Gislason, Dennis Nowak, Isabelle Pin, Matthias Wjst, Jure Manfreda, Cecilie Svanes, Julian Crane, Michael Abramson, Michael Burr, Peter Burney, Deborah Jarvis

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 935-945; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00097412 Published 30 September 2013

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• COPD

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    High-risk patients following hospitalisation for an acute exacerbation of COPD

    Jacques Piquet, Jean-Michel Chavaillon, Philippe David, Francis Martin, François Blanchon, Nicolas Roche on behalf of the French College of General Hospital Respiratory Physicians (CPHG)

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 946-955; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00180312 Published 30 September 2013

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    Simple functional performance tests and mortality in COPD

    Milo A. Puhan, Lara Siebeling, Marco Zoller, Patrick Muggensturm, Gerben ter Riet

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 956-963; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00131612 Published 30 September 2013
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    Trends in the lifetime risk of COPD exacerbation requiring hospitalisation

    Jesper Lykkegaard, René dePont Christensen, Jesper Rømhild Davidsen, Henrik Støvring, Morten Andersen, Jens Søndergaard

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 964-971; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00129312 Published 30 September 2013

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    A new class of bronchodilator improves lung function in COPD: a trial with GSK961081

    Pascal L.M.L. Wielders, Andrea Ludwig-Sengpiel, Nicholas Locantore, Suus Baggen, Robert Chan, John H. Riley

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 972-981; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00165712 Published 30 September 2013

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    Sildenafil to improve respiratory rehabilitation outcomes in COPD: a controlled trial

    Isabel Blanco, Salud Santos, Joaqím Gea, Rosa Güell, Ferran Torres, Elena Gimeno-Santos, Diego A. Rodriguez, Jordi Vilaró, Begona Gómez, Josep Roca, Joan Albert Barberà

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 982-992; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00176312 Published 30 September 2013

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    Physical activity in COPD patients: patterns and bouts

    David Donaire-Gonzalez, Elena Gimeno-Santos, Eva Balcells, Diego A. Rodríguez, Eva Farrero, Jordi de Batlle, Marta Benet, Antoni Ferrer, Joan A. Barberà, Joaquim Gea, Robert Rodriguez-Roisin, Josep M. Antó, Judith Garcia-Aymerich

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 993-1002; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00101512 Published 30 September 2013

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• Asthma

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    Sample sizes for clinical trials using sputum eosinophils as a primary outcome

    Angira Dasgupta, Shiyuan Zhang, Lehana Thabane, Parameswaran Nair

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1003-1011; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00075712 Published 30 September 2013

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• Paediatric Pulmonology

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    Airway and systemic inflammation in obese children with asthma

    Megan E. Jensen, Peter G. Gibson, Clare E. Collins, Lisa G. Wood

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1012-1019; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00124912 Published 30 September 2013
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    Early patterns of wheezing in asthmatic and nonasthmatic children

    Alfredo Cano Garcinuño, Isabel Mora Gandarillas, the SLAM Study Group

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1020-1028; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00148712 Published 30 September 2013

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    Rhinovirus infection and healthcare utilisation in prematurely born infants

    Simon B. Drysdale, Mireia Alcazar-Paris, Theresa Wilson, Melvyn Smith, Mark Zuckerman, Simon Broughton, Gerrard F. Rafferty, Janet L. Peacock, Sebastian L. Johnston, Anne Greenough

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1029-1036; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00109012 Published 30 September 2013

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    Effect of oxidative stress on respiratory epithelium from children with Down syndrome

    Martijn Bruijn, René Lutter, Eric Eldering, Albert P. Bos, Job B.M. van Woensel

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1037-1045; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00122812 Published 30 September 2013

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• Lung Function

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    Implications of adopting the Global Lungs Initiative 2012 all-age reference equations for spirometry

    Philip H. Quanjer, Danny J. Brazzale, Piotr W. Boros, Jeffrey J. Pretto

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1046-1054; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00195512 Published 30 September 2013

• Sleep Medicine

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    The effect of nasal tramazoline with dexamethasone in obstructive sleep apnoea patients

    Ioannis Koutsourelakis, Aliki Minaritzoglou, Georgios Zakynthinos, Emmanouil Vagiakis, Spyros Zakynthinos

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1055-1063; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00142312 Published 30 September 2013

• Respiratory Infections

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    Biomarker-enhanced triage in respiratory infections: a proof-of-concept feasibility trial

    Werner C. Albrich, Kristina Rüegger, Frank Dusemund, Philipp Schuetz, Birsen Arici, Alexander Litke, Claudine A. Blum, Rita Bossart, Katharina Regez, Ursula Schild, Merih Guglielmetti, Antoinette Conca, Petra Schäfer, Maria Schubert, Sabina de Geest, Barbara Reutlinger, Sarosh Irani, Ulrich Bürgi, Andreas Huber, Beat Müller

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1064-1075; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00113612 Published 30 September 2013

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    Diagnosing pneumonia in patients with acute cough: clinical judgment compared to chest radiography

    Saskia F. van Vugt, Theo J.M. Verheij, Pim A. de Jong, Chris C. Butler, Kerenza Hood, Samuel Coenen, Herman Goossens, Paul Little, Berna D.L. Broekhuizen on behalf of the GRACE Project Group

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1076-1082; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00111012 Published 30 September 2013

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• Pulmonary Vascular Disease

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    High prevalence of occult left heart disease in scleroderma-pulmonary hypertension

    Benjamin D. Fox, Avi Shimony, David Langleben, Andrew Hirsch, Lawrence Rudski, Robert Schlesinger, Mark J. Eisenberg, Dominique Joyal, Marie Hudson, Kim Boutet, Alexandrina Serban, Ariel Masetto, Murray Baron

    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1083-1091; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00091212 Published 30 September 2013

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