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Original articles

• Epidemiology

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    Processed meat consumption and lung function: modification by antioxidants and smoking

    Hitomi Okubo, Seif O. Shaheen, Georgia Ntani, Karen A. Jameson, Holly E. Syddall, Avan Aihie Sayer, Elaine M. Dennison, Cyrus Cooper, Sian M. Robinson

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 972-982; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00109513 Published 31 March 2014

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    Telomere length in circulating leukocytes is associated with lung function and disease

    Eva Albrecht, Elina Sillanpää, Stefan Karrasch, Alexessander Couto Alves, Veryan Codd, Iiris Hovatta, Jessica L. Buxton, Christopher P. Nelson, Linda Broer, Sara Hägg, Massimo Mangino, Gonneke Willemsen, Ida Surakka, Manuel A.R. Ferreira, Najaf Amin, Ben A. Oostra, Heli M. Bäckmand, Markku Peltonen, Seppo Sarna, Taina Rantanen, Sarianna Sipilä, Tellervo Korhonen, Pamela A.F. Madden, Christian Gieger, Rudolf A. Jörres, Joachim Heinrich, Jürgen Behr, Rudolf M. Huber, Annette Peters, Konstantin Strauch, H. Erich Wichmann, Melanie Waldenberger, Alexandra I.F. Blakemore, Eco J.C. de Geus, Dale R. Nyholt, Anjali K. Henders, Päivi L. Piirilä, Aila Rissanen, Patrik K.E. Magnusson, Ana Viñuela, Kirsi H. Pietiläinen, Nicholas G. Martin, Nancy L. Pedersen, Dorret I. Boomsma, Tim D. Spector, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Jaakko Kaprio, Nilesh J. Samani, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Holger Schulz

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 983-992; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00046213 Published 31 March 2014

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• COPD

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    The distribution of COPD in UK general practice using the new GOLD classification

    John Haughney, Kevin Gruffydd-Jones, June Roberts, Amanda J Lee, Alison Hardwell, Lorcan McGarvey

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 993-1002; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00065013 Published 31 March 2014

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    APOM and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol are associated with lung function and per cent emphysema

    Kristin M. Burkart, Ani Manichaikul, Jemma B. Wilk, Firas S. Ahmed, Gregory L. Burke, Paul Enright, Nadia N. Hansel, Demondes Haynes, Susan R. Heckbert, Eric A. Hoffman, Joel D. Kaufman, Jun Kurai, Laura Loehr, Stephanie J. London, Yang Meng, George T. O’Connor, Elizabeth Oelsner, Marcy Petrini, Tess D. Pottinger, Charles A. Powell, Susan Redline, Jerome I. Rotter, Lewis J. Smith, María Soler Artigas, Martin D. Tobin, Michael Y. Tsai, Karol Watson, Wendy White, Taylor R. Young, Stephen S. Rich, R. Graham Barr

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1003-1017; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00147612 Published 31 March 2014

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    Hospital admissions and exercise capacity decline in patients with COPD

    Maria A. Ramon, Elena Gimeno-Santos, Jaume Ferrer, Eva Balcells, Esther Rodríguez, Jordi de Batlle, Federico P. Gómez, Jaume Sauleda, Antoni Ferrer, Joan A. Barberà, Alvar Agustí, Joaquim Gea, Robert Rodriguez-Roisin, Josep M. Antó, Judith Garcia-Aymerich

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1018-1027; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00088313 Published 31 March 2014

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    Role of activin-A in cigarette smoke-induced inflammation and COPD

    Fien M. Verhamme, Ken R. Bracke, Gimano D. Amatngalim, Geert M. Verleden, Geert R. Van Pottelberge, Pieter S. Hiemstra, Guy F. Joos, Guy G. Brusselle

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1028-1041; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00082413 Published 31 March 2014

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    COPD and microalbuminuria: a 12-year follow-up study

    Solfrid Romundstad, Thor Naustdal, Pål Richard Romundstad, Hanne Sorger, Arnulf Langhammer

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1042-1050; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00160213 Published 31 March 2014

• Lung function

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    Measurement of FEF_25–75% and FEF_75% does not contribute to clinical decision making

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

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1051-1058; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00128113 Published 31 March 2014

• Asthma and paediatrics

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    Ambient temperature and lung function in children with asthma in Australia

    Shanshan Li, Peter J. Baker, Bin B. Jalaludin, Guy B. Marks, Lyn S. Denison, Gail M. Williams

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1059-1066; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00079313 Published 31 March 2014

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• Asthma

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    Elevated expression of the NLRP3 inflammasome in neutrophilic asthma

    Jodie L. Simpson, Simon Phipps, Katherine J. Baines, Kevin M. Oreo, Lakshitha Gunawardhana, Peter G. Gibson

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1067-1076; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00105013 Published 31 March 2014

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    Asthma affects time to pregnancy and fertility: a register-based twin study

    Elisabeth J. Gade, Simon F. Thomsen, Svend Lindenberg, Kirsten O. Kyvik, Sofie Lieberoth, Vibeke Backer

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1077-1085; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00148713 Published 31 March 2014

• Paediatrics

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    Pulmonary matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity in mechanically ventilated children with respiratory syncytial virus

    Michele Y.F. Kong, John P. Clancy, Ning Peng, Yao Li, Tomasz J. Szul, Xin Xu, Robert Oster, Wayne Sullender, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, J. Edwin Blalock, Amit Gaggar

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1086-1096; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00105613 Published 31 March 2014

• Sleep

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    Effects of apolipoprotein E genotype on serum lipids in obstructive sleep apnoea

    Radovan Tisko, Zuzana Sopkova, Viera Habalova, Zuzana Dorkova, Eva Slaba, Martin Javorsky, Ivan Tkac, Renata L. Riha, Ruzena Tkacova

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1097-1105; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00098513 Published 31 March 2014

• Pulmonary vascular diseases

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    emPHasis-10: development of a health-related quality of life measure in pulmonary hypertension

    Janelle Yorke, Paul Corris, Sean Gaine, J. Simon R. Gibbs, David G. Kiely, Carl Harries, Val Pollock, Iain Armstrong

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1106-1113; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00127113 Published 31 March 2014

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• Interstitial and orphan lung disease

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    A 2-year randomised placebo-controlled trial of doxycycline for lymphangioleiomyomatosis

    William Y.C. Chang, Jennifer L. Cane, Maruti Kumaran, Sarah Lewis, Anne E. Tattersfield, Simon R. Johnson

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1114-1123; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00167413 Published 31 March 2014

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    Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis associated with air pollution exposure

    Kerri A. Johannson, Eric Vittinghoff, Kiyoung Lee, John R. Balmes, Wonjun Ji, Gilaad G. Kaplan, Dong Soon Kim, Harold R. Collard

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1124-1131; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00122213 Published 31 March 2014

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• Tuberculosis

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    High risk and rapid appearance of multidrug resistance during tuberculosis treatment in Moldova

    Helen E. Jenkins, Valeriu Crudu, Viorel Soltan, Ana Ciobanu, Liliana Domente, Ted Cohen

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1132-1141; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00203613 Published 31 March 2014

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• Lung cancer

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    Bronchial valve treatment for pulmonary air leak after anatomical lung resection for cancer

    Christophe A. Dooms, Herbert Decaluwe, Jonas Yserbyt, Paul De Leyn, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Vincent Ninane

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1142-1148; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00117613 Published 31 March 2014

• Experimental studies

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    Effects of sustained hypoxia on sternohyoid and diaphragm muscle during development

    Jayne C. Carberry, Clodagh McMorrow, Aidan Bradford, James F.X. Jones, Ken D. O’Halloran

    European Respiratory Journal 43 (4) 1149-1158; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00139512 Published 31 March 2014

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