A group of children with a past history of wheezing was randomly selected from the Melbourne
community at the age of 7 years in 1964, and a further group of children with severe …

Airway inflammation is an important component of cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease. To
determine whether this begins early in the illness, before the onset of infection, we examined …

… We thank Dr Colin Robertson for advice and encouragement; Dr Ethna Phelan for performing
the Brasfield scores; and Dr J Que of the Swiss Serum and Vaccine Institute in Berne for …

OBJECTIVES--To determine the prevalence of asthma in the past 12 months in Melbourne
schoolchildren aged 7, 12, and 15 years and to compare the prevalence of a history of …

Cough is often used as an outcome measure, although the reporting of cough is unreliable.
Using a 24 h ambulatory cough meter to measure cough frequency, the aim of this study was …

… Armstrong DS, Grimwood K, Carzino R, Carlin JB, Olinsky A, Phelan PD. Lower respiratory
… Armstrong DS, Grimwood K, Carlin JB, Carzino R, Olinsky A, Phelan PD. Bronchoalveolar …

The longitudinal lung function data in 286 subjects from a 28 year follow‐up of childhood
asthma is reported. Airway obstruction in mid‐adult life was present mainly in those with …

A randomly selected group of 331 children who had started to wheeze in childhood and a
control group of 77 children were prospectively studied clinically and physiologically from 7 to …

The usefulness of surveys for measuring the severity of asthma in school-age children
depends on the availability of reliable and valid questionnaires. The aim of this study was to …

… Peter D Phelan, … Correspondence to: Professor Peter D Phelan, Department of Paediatrics,
University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospitals, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia …