AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (September 1 2004, 170 [5])

EDITORIALS:

Edward Abraham: Editorial Transition at the AJRCCM; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 473 [Full Text] [PDF]

William J. Burman and Randall R. Reves: How Much Directly Observed Therapy Is Enough?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 474-475 [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael P. Keane: Chemokine Profiling in Pulmonary Fibrosis: Ready for Prime Time?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 475-476 [Full Text] [PDF]

Ignacio Fajardo, Linda Svensson, Anders Bucht, and Gunnar Pejler: Increased Levels of Hypoxia-sensitive Proteins in Allergic Airway Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 477-484. First published online May 19 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200402-178OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online�Supplement]

Julie A. Long, Mirjana Fogel-Petrovic, Darryl A. Knight, Philip J. Thompson, and John W. Upham: Higher Prostaglandin E2 Production by Dendritic Cells from Subjects with Asthma Compared with Normal Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 485-491. First published online May 19 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200311-1595OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Andrew Churg, Rong D. Wang, Hsin Tai, Xiaoshan Wang, Changshi Xie, and Joanne L. Wright: Tumor Necrosis Factor- ${alpha}$ Drives 70% of Cigarette Smoke–induced Emphysema in the Mouse; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 492-498. First published online June 7 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200404-511OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Thérèse S. Lapperre, Jiska B. Snoeck-Stroband, Margot M.E. Gosman, Jan Stolk, Jaap K. Sont, Désirée F. Jansen, Huib A.M. Kerstjens, Dirkje S. Postma, and Peter J. Sterk: Dissociation of Lung Function and Airway Inflammation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 499-504. First published online June 1 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200401-112OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Robert S. Tepper, Andrea Weist, Tamica Williams-Nkomo, and Jeffrey Kisling: Elastic Properties of the Respiratory System in Infants with Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 505-507. First published online June 1 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200401-132OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Esther S. Choi, Claudia Jakubzick, Kristin J. Carpenter, Steven L. Kunkel, Holly Evanoff, Fernando J. Martinez, Kevin R. Flaherty, Galen B. Toews, Thomas V. Colby, Ella A. Kazerooni, Barry H. Gross, William D. Travis, and Cory M. Hogaboam: Enhanced Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-3/CC Chemokine Ligand-7 in Usual Interstitial Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 508-515. First published online June 10 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200401-002OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Janice J. Kim, Svetlana Smorodinsky, Michael Lipsett, Brett C. Singer, Alfred T. Hodgson, and Bart Ostro: Traffic-related Air Pollution near Busy Roads: The East Bay Children's Respiratory Health Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 520-526. First published online June 7 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200403-281OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online�Supplement]

Ah-Fong Hoo, Janet Stocks, Sooky Lum, Angie M. Wade, Rosemary A. Castle, Kate L. Costeloe, and Carol Dezateux: Development of Lung Function in Early Life: Influence of Birth Weight in Infants of Nonsmokers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 527-533. First published online June 1 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200311-1552OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Jane S. Lucas, Hazel M. Inskip, Keith M. Godfrey, Claire T. Foreman, John O. Warner, Rachael K. Gregson, and Joanne B. Clough: Small Size at Birth and Greater Postnatal Weight Gain: Relationships to Diminished Infant Lung Function; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 534-540. First published online June 1 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200311-1583OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

John H. Boyd, Basil J. Petrof, Qutayba Hamid, Richard Fraser, and R. John Kimoff: Upper Airway Muscle Inflammation and Denervation Changes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 541-546. First published online May 19 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200308-1100OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

J. Gabrielle Breugelmans, Daniel E. Ford, Philip L. Smith, and Naresh M. Punjabi: Differences in Patient and Bed Partner–assessed Quality of Life in Sleep-disordered Breathing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 547-552. First published online June 1 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200310-1421OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online�Supplement]

Eliot S. Katz and David P. White: Genioglossus Activity During Sleep in Normal Control Subjects and Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 553-560. First published online June 1 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200403-262OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Robert M. Jasmer, Christopher B. Seaman, Leah C. Gonzalez, L. Masae Kawamura, Dennis H. Osmond, and Charles L. Daley: Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes: Directly Observed Therapy Compared with Self-Administered Therapy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 561-566. First published online June 7 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200401-095OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

William J. Martin, II, Michael C. Iannuzzi, Dorothy B. Gail, and Hannah H. Peavy: Future Directions in Sarcoidosis Research: Summary of an NHLBI Working Group; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 567-571. First published online May 13 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200308-1073WS [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Harry R. Gosker, Herman-Jan Pennings, and Annemie M. W. J. Schols: ACE Gene Polymorphism in COPD; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 572 [Full Text] [PDF]

Nicholas S. Hopkinson, Annabel H. Nickol, John Payne, Emma Hawe, William D.-C. Man, John Moxham, Hugh Montgomery, and Michael I. Polkey: ACE Gene Polymorphism in COPD; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 572-573 [Full Text]