| Page | Editorials |
| 1 | New Associate Editor
Kenneth Tsang |
| 3 | Thanks to Associate Editor Richard Ruffin
Phil Thompson |
| 5 | Introduction to Review Series 'Tobacco and Lung Health'
Phil Thompson |
| Review Articles |
| 7 | Government action to reduce smoking
Amanda SANDFORD |
| 17 | The impact of tobacco on lung health in China
Hong ZHANG, Baiqiang CAI |
| Original Articles |
| 23 | Evidence for the expression of transient receptor potential proteins in guinea pig airway smooth muscle cells
Hwei L ONG, Helen M BRERETON, M Lyn HARLAND, Greg J BARRITT |
| 33 | The role of Interleukin-8 in interstitial pneumonia
Yoshiaki FUJIMORI, Mikio KATAOKA, Shinya TADA, Hideki TAKEHARA, Kiyoshi MATSUO, Toshitsugu MIYAKE, Masayuki OKAHARA, Ichiro YAMADORI, Mitsune TANIMOTO |
| 41 | Agreement in surfactant measurements of sputum induced with hypertonic and normal saline
Anne B CHANG, Yvette HILLS, Veronica A HARRHY, Brian A HILLS |
| 45 | Influence of the rheological properties of airway mucus on cough sound generation
Yasushi HASHIMOTO, Akira MURATA, Masashi MIKAMI, Seiichi NAKAMURA, Eiichi YAMANAKA, Shoji KUDOH |
| 53 | The pathophysiological significance of prognostic factors for fatal outcome in lower respiratory tract infections
Georgia TRAKADA, Charalampos GOGOS, Charalampos BASIARIS, Kostas SPIROPOULOS |
| 59 | Ultraflex stents for the management of airway complications in lung transplant recipients
Prashant N CHHAJED, Monique A MALOUF, Michael TAMM, Allan R GLANVILLE |
| 65 | The causes of haemoptysis in Malaysian patients aged over 60 and the diagnostic yield of different investigations
Catherine Mee-Ming WONG, Kim Hatt LIM, Chong-Kin LIAM |
| 69 | A relatively high prevalence and severity of asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic eczema in schoolchildren in the Sultanate of Oman
Bazdawi MS AL-RIYAMI, Omar AS AL-RAWAS, Asiya A AL-RIYAMI, Lyla G JASIM, Ali J MOHAMMED |
| 77 | Outcome evaluation of early discharge from hospital with asthma
Md Sanaur R KHAN, Richard L HENRY, Tara HURST |
| 83 | Lower respiratory tract infection in hospitalized children
Chong Chia YIN, Lim Woan HUAH, Jenny Tang Poh LIN, Anne Goh, Ho LING, Chay Oh MOH |
| Case Reports |
| 91 | Successful treatment of Langerhans cell histiocytosis with 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine
Nicole SL GOH, Christine F MCDONALD, Duncan P MACGREGOR, Jeffrey J PRETTO, Graeme N BRODIE |
| 95 | A case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by Humicola fuscoatra
Toshiyuki KITA, Kouichi NISHI, Masaki FUJIMURA, Miki ABO, Takio OHKA, Masahide YASUI, Haruhiko OGAWA, Hiroshi MINATO, Hiroshi KURUMAYA, Shinji NAKAO |
| 99 | Relapsing polychondritis
Fusun ALATAS, Ragip OZKAN, Muzaffer METINTAS, Hale MORAL, Sinan ERGINEL, Irfan UCGUN |
| 105 | Strongyloides hyperinfection in a patient with sarcoidosis
Despina ALMASIDOU, Maria MANIATIS, Katerina VASSIOU, Eleni DAMANI, Nikolaos VAKALIS, Ioannis FESOULIDIS, Kostas Ioannou GOURGOULIANIS |
| 107 | Metastatic lung cancer in pregnancy
Catherine Mee-Ming WONG, Kim Hatt LIM, Chong-Kin LIAM |
| Forthcoming Meetings |
| 111 | FORTHCOMING MEETINGS |
| 113 | 8th Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Congress MESSAGE FROM THE ORGANIZING CHAIRMAN
Professor Chong-Kin Liam |
| Corrigendum |
| 115 | Increased circulating CD16+ and CD14dim monocytes in a patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis |
