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Estimates of the initial impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on overall mortality: evidence from Italy
This study provides evidence of the enormous death toll attributable to COVID-19
Pulmonary tularaemia: a differential diagnosis to lung cancer
Pulmonary tularaemia is possibly more frequent than previously reported. Due to similar radiological findings, pulmonary tularaemia may be an important differential diagnosis to lung cancer in endemic areas.
Tracheobronchomegaly, cough and recurrent chest infection: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome
Mounier-Kuhn Syndrome (MKS) is a rare disease characterised by recurrent chest infections, and dilation of the trachea and main bronchi, most likely to due to atrophy of elastic fibres
Annual changes in the prevalence of asthma may be related to air pollution in Fukuoka: 29 years of observation
Annual changes in the prevalence of child asthma in Fukuoka are correlated with those in the concentration of air pollutants (SPM, etc.). A recent decrease of asthma prevalence might be related to the decreasing concentration of air pollutants.

Latest Articles

Assessing paediatric exercise-induced bronchoconstriction using electromyography
Pascal B. Keijzer, Mattiènne R. van der Kamp, Boony J. Thio, Frans H.C. de Jongh, Jean M.M. Driessen

ERJ Open Research Apr 2020, 6 (2) 00298-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00298-2019
Annual changes in the prevalence of asthma may be related to air pollution in Fukuoka: 29 years of observation
Hiroshi Odajima, Toshiaki Kawano, Masatoshi Wakatsuki, Yuko Akaminea, Koki Okabe, Tuyoshi Oki, Hiroshi Matsuzaki, Yoko Murakami, Mihoko Iwata, Naohiko Taba, Chikako Motomura, Satoshi Honjo, Takahito Ninomiya

ERJ Open Research Apr 2020, 6 (2) 00166-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00166-2020
Estimates of the initial impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on overall mortality: evidence from Italy
Sara Conti, Pietro Ferrara, Carla Fornari, Sergio Harari, Fabiana Madotto, Andrea Silenzi, Alberto Zucchi, Lamberto Manzoli, Lorenzo G. Mantovani

ERJ Open Research Apr 2020, 6 (2) 00179-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00179-2020
Pulmonary tularaemia: a differential diagnosis to lung cancer
Astrid Kravdal, Øystein Olav Stubhaug, Anne Grete Wågø, Magnus Steien Sætereng, Dag Amundsen, Ruta Piekuviene, Annette Kristiansen

ERJ Open Research Apr 2020, 6 (2) 00093-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00093-2019
Tracheobronchomegaly, cough and recurrent chest infection: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome
Imran Satia, Benny Dua, Nina Singh, Kieran Killian, Paul M. O'Byrne

ERJ Open Research Apr 2020, 6 (2) 00138-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00138-2020
Differences in lung clearance index and functional residual capacity between two commercial multiple-breath nitrogen washout devices in healthy children and adults
Annelies M. Zwitserloot, Evelyne J. van den Born, Lena H.A. Raaijmakers, Wouter E. Stalman, Marjanne van Smaalen, Maarten van den Berge, Monika Gappa, Gerard H. Koppelman, Brigitte W.M. Willemse

ERJ Open Research Apr 2020, 6 (2) 00247-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00247-2019