European Respiratory Journal

The ERJ publishes clinical and experimental work relating to all aspects of adult and paediatric respiratory medicine, including cell biology, epidemiology, immunology, oncology, pathophysiology, imaging, occupational medicine, intensive care, sleep medicine and thoracic surgery. In addition to original research material, the ERJ also publishes editorial commentaries, reviews, short research letters and correspondence to the editor. Articles are published continuously and collected into 12 monthly issues in two volumes per year.

May 2003 - Suppl. 40

Air pollution effects in the elderly: introduction Decramer M., Loddenkemper R., Boe J., Roca J., Zelter M. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 1S-2S
Epidemiological aspects and early detection of chronic obstructive airway diseases in the elderly Lundback B., Gulsvik A., Albers M., Bakke P., Ronmark E., van den Boom G., Brogger J., Larsson L-G., Welle I., van Weel C., Omenaas E. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 3S-9S
Determinants of prognosis of COPD in the elderly: mucus hypersecretion, infections, cardiovascular comorbidity Pistelli R., Lange P., Miller D.L. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 10S-14S
Indoor air pollution and respiratory health in the elderly Simoni M., Jaakkola M.S., Carrozzi L., Baldacci S., Di Pede F., Viegi G. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 15S-20S
Questionnaires, spirometry and PEF monitoring in epidemiological studies on elderly respiratory patients Bellia V., Pistelli F., Giannini D., Scichilone N., Catalano F., Spatafora M., Hopps R., Carrozzi L., Baldacci S., Di Pede F., Paggiaro P., Viegi G. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 21S-27S
Short-term effects of ambient particles on mortality in the elderly: results from 28 cities in the APHEA2 project Aga E., Samoli E., Touloumi G., Anderson H.R., Cadum E., Forsberg B., Goodman P., Goren A., Kotesovec F., Kriz B., Macarol-Hiti M., Medina S., Paldy A., Schindler C., Sunyer J., Tittanen P., Wojtyniak B., Zmirou D., Schwartz J., Katsouyanni K. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 28S-33S
Air pollution and mortality in the Netherlands: are the elderly more at risk? Fischer P., Hoek G., Brunekreef B., Verhoeff A., van Wijnen J. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 34S-38S
Particulate air pollution and hospital admissions for cardiorespiratory diseases: are the elderly at greater risk? Anderson H.R., Atkinson R.W., Bremner S.A., Marston L. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 39S-46S
Mechanism of lung injury caused by PM10 and ultrafine particles with special reference to COPD MacNee W., Donaldson K. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 47S-51S
Genetic aspects of susceptibility to air pollution Kleeberger S.R. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 52S-56S
Subpopulations at increased risk of adverse health outcomes from air pollution Annesi-Maesano I., Agabiti N., Pistelli R., Couilliot M-F., Forastiere F. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 57S-63S
Nonallergic respiratory morbidity improved along with a decline of traditional air pollution levels: a review Heinrich J. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 64S-69S
Air pollution and the elderly: oxidant/antioxidant issues worth consideration Kelly F.J., Dunster C., Mudway I. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 70S-75S
Elderly humans exposed to concentrated air pollution particles have decreased heart rate variability Devlin R.B., Ghio A.J., Kehrl H., Sanders G., Cascio W. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 76S-80S
Case-crossover design in air pollution epidemiology Jaakkola J.J.K. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 81S-85S
Health impact assessment of air pollution: providing further evidence for public health action Martuzzi M., Krzyzanowski M., Bertollini R. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 86S-91S
The need for a focus on air pollution research in the elderly Sandstrom T., Frew A.J., Svartengren M., Viegi G. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 92S-95S