Respirology

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Respirology, one of several APSR publications, is a journal of international standing, publishing peer-reviewed articles of scientific excellence in clinical and experimental respiratory biology and disease and its related fields of research including allied health, thoracic surgery, internal medicine, immunology, intensive and critical care, epidemiology, cell and molecular biology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology and paediatric respiratory medicine. Respirology aims to encourage the international exchange of results and encourages papers in the following categories: Original Articles, Editorials and Reviews, Technical Reports and Audits, Case Reports and Case Reviews, Letters to the Editor, Scientific Letters and Medical Hypotheses. The journal is keen to play a vital role in bridging the gap between best scientific research and clinical practice.

Respirology is the official journal of the APSR and is available as a paper subscription or online via Blackwell Synergy, Respirology has also been adopted as the official English language journal of the Japanese Respiratory Society and the Taiwanese Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and the preferred journal of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand.

A table of contents is available for each issue.

Manuscript Submission

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For assistance please contact the Editorial Office at: respirol@liwa.uwa.edu.au

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Sample Copy

An online sample issue is available on Blackwell Synergy: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/res/11/s1

A sample of a paper copy of Respirology is also available direct from the publisher:

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Table of Contents

A full table of contents is available for each issue.

Coming soon

Infectious Diseases
A Series of review articles on infectious diseases by an array of international guest authors will be published in Volumes 13 and 14. The Series Editors are Dr. Kenneth Tsang from Hong-Kong and Dr. Grant Waterer from Perth, Australia.

Recent Highlights

Here are some direct links to recent highlights:

  • Free Access to a review article on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
    Management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: Update 2007
    Respirology 2008 Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages: 21-46.
    Wing Wai YEW, Tuberculosis and Chest Unit, Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong, China,
    & Chi Chiu LEUNG, Tuberculosis and Chest Service, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, Hong Kong, China
  • Free Access to the entire Avian Flu Supplement
    Respirology. March 2008 - Vol. 13 Avian Influenza: from basic biology to pandemic planning. Proceedings of the Educational Seminar of APSR (ESAP), Gold Coast, Australia Page S1-S48
  • Lung cancer series
    This Series of review articles were published in Volumes 11 and 12. The Series Editors are Prof. Wah‑Kit Lam and Prof. Neil Watkins, and the authors of these reviews are all world renowned experts in the field.
Theme: Basic ScienceTheme: ClinicalPage
Developmental signalling pathways Small cell lung cancer: Treatment review Vol. 11
234‑248
Epigenetics Early detection & chemoprevention Vol. 11
355‑372
Worldwide trends in lung cancer pathology Lymphoepithelioma‑like carcinoma of the lung (LELC) Vol. 11
533‑545
EGFR receptor mutations, EGFR‑TKI EGFR‑TKI in clinical practice Vol. 11
687‑698
Proteomics analysis in lung cancer: Challenges and opportunities Vol. 12
22‑28
Imaging in the diagnosis & treatment of non‑small cell lung cancer Staging & diagnosis of non‑small cell lung cancer: Invasive modalities Vol. 12
165‑183
Lung cancer: New surgical approaches Non-small cell lung cancer: Adjuvant and neo-adjuvant chemotherapy Vol. 12
320‑332
Lung cancer: Future directions. By WK Lam & N Watkins Vol. 12
471‑477

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President's series

2008
This series of review articles is based on the lectures presented by the Presidents of four respiratory societies at the 12th12th APSR Congress in the Gold Coast in November 2007 and will be published later this year in Respirology. It will feature reviews by:
Norbert Berend, APSR President
Leonardo Fabbri, ERS President
David Ingbar, ATS President
Alvin Thomas, ACCP President
2007
This series of review articles is based on the lectures presented by four of the Presidents of respiratory societies at the 11th APSR Congress in Kyoto in November 2006:
Review titlePresenterPage
Pulmonary complications of HIV infection Marc J Rosen
ACCP President		 Vol. 13
181‑190
Diagnosis and management of malignant pleural effusions John E Heffner
ATS President		 Vol. 13
5‑20
Nosocomial Acinetobacter pneumonia Carlos M Luna
ALAT President		 Vol. 12
787‑791
Cardiovascular risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease William Mc Nee
ERS President		 Vol. 12
634‑641
2006
This Series of review articles is based on the lectures presented by the four Presidents of the respiratory societies at the 10th APSR Congress in Guangzhou in November 2005.
Review titlePresenterPage
Epidemiology of COPD: health effects of air pollution Giovanni Viegi
ERS President		 Vol. 11
523‑532
The skeletal muscles in COPD Peter Wagner
ATS President		 Vol. 11
681‑686
What do you do after surgery? Follow‑up and surveillance of lung cancer Michael Alberts
ACCP President		 Vol. 12
16‑21
Previous series

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Editorial Information

Editor-in-Chief
Philip J Thompson, Perth, Australia

Editor-in-Chief Elect
Gary Y C Lee, London, UK

Assistant Editor-in-Chief
Philip Bardin, Melbourne, Australia

Associate Editors
David Armstrong, Melbourne, Australia
Jeremy Brown, London, UK
Andreas Diacon, Cape Town, South Africa
Peter Eastwood, Perth, Australia
Philip Eng, Singapore
David Hui, Hong Kong
Martin Kolb, Hamilton, Canada
O Jung Kwon, Seoul, Korea
Yuben Moodley, Melbourne, Australia
Takahide Nagase, Tokyo, Japan
Helen Reddel, Sydney, Australia
Jeff Swigris, Denver, USA
Ian Yang, Brisbane, Australia

Editorial Board
Patrick Barron, Japan
Eric Bateman, South Africa
Richard Beasley, New Zealand
Fan Chung, UK
Kwun Fong, Australia
Jack Gauldie, Canada
Mohammad Rashidul Hassan, Bangladesh
John Heffner, USA
James Hogg, Canada
Tzuen-Ren Hsiue, Taiwan
Won Dong Kim, Korea
Lou Landau, Australia
Chong-Kin Liam, Malaysia
Richard Light, USA
Richard Li-Cher Loh, Malaysia
Peter Macklem, Canada
Yun Wing Thomas Mok, Hong Kong
Patrick Gerard Moral, Philippines
John Murray, France
Yoichi Nakanishi, Japan
Masuharu Nishimura, Japan
Toshihiro Ukiwa, Japan
Paul Reynolds, Australia
Richard Ruffin, Australia
Stephen Spiro, UK
John Stradling, UK
Se Hwa Yoo, Korea
Chong-Jen Yu, Taiwan
Faisal Yunus, Indonesia

Honorary Epidemiologist Statistician
Michael Abramson, Australia

Manager Editorial Office
Lieve Bultynck, Perth, Australia

Assistant Manager Editorial Office
Christel Norman, Australia

Administrative Editor
Joyanne Kelly, Australia

Editorial Assistant
Neil Misso, Australia

Editorial Assistant
Margaret Stevens, Australia

Editorial Office
Professor Philip J Thompson
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email: respirol@liwa.uwa.edu.au