Table of contents

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Adherence to inhaled therapy, mortality and hospital admission in COPD (23 August, 2009) Free

  J Vestbo, J A Anderson, P M A Calverley, B Celli, G T Ferguson, C Jenkins, K Knobil, L R Willits, J C Yates, P W Jones
• Prediction of the rate of decline in FEV₁ in smokers using quantitative computed tomography

  (3 September, 2009) Free

  R Yuan, J C Hogg, P D Paré, D D Sin, J C Wong, Y Nakano, A M McWilliams, S Lam, H O Coxson
• Development, dimensions, reliability and validity of the novel Manchester COPD fatigue scale (30 August, 2009) Free

  K Al-shair, U Kolsum, P Berry, J Smith, A Caress, D Singh, J Vestbo
• (Cost)-effectiveness of self-treatment of exacerbations on the severity of exacerbations in patients with COPD: the COPE II study (6 September, 2009) Free

  T Effing, H Kerstjens, P van der Valk, G Zielhuis, J van der Palen
• COPD and cancer mortality: the influence of statins (30 August, 2009) Free

  Y R B M van Gestel, S E Hoeks, D D Sin, V Hüzeir, H Stam, F W Mertens, R T van Domburg, J J Bax, D Poldermans
• Association of increased CCL5 and CXCL7 chemokine expression with neutrophil activation in severe stable COPD (23 August, 2009) Free

  A Di Stefano, G Caramori, I Gnemmi, M Contoli, L Bristot, A Capelli, F L M Ricciardolo, F Magno, S Ennio D’Anna, A Zanini, M Carbone, F Sabatini, C Usai, P Brun, K F Chung, P J Barnes, A Papi, I M Adcock, B Balbi