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class="toc-section"><li class="first odd toc-item"><div class="toc-citation"><div class="highwire-article-citation highwire-citation-type-highwire-article node211364" data-node-nid="211364" id="node-211364--21738975512" data-pisa="thoraxjnl;79/10/915" data-pisa-master="thoraxjnl;thorax-2023-220559" data-apath="/thoraxjnl/79/10/915.atom"><div class="highwire-cite highwire-cite-highwire-article highwire-citation-bmjj-toc clearfix"> <a href="/content/79/10/915" class="highwire-cite-linked-title" data-icon-position="" data-hide-link-title="0"><span class="highwire-cite-title">Original research: Impact of age at ivacaftor initiation on pulmonary outcomes among people with cystic fibrosis</span></a> (6 May, 2024) <span class="highwire-cite-access"><span class="highwire-citation-access"><svg class="icon icon-open-access bmjj-open-access bmjj-access-tag"><use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="#icon-openaccess"></use><svg></svg></svg></span></span> <div class="highwire-cite-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-author first" data-delta="0"><span class="nlm-given-names">Christian A</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Merlo</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="1"><span class="nlm-given-names">Lisa J</span> <span class="nlm-surname">McGarry</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="2"><span class="nlm-given-names">Teja</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Thorat</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="3"><span class="nlm-given-names">Catherine</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Nguyen</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="4"><span class="nlm-given-names">Maral</span> <span class="nlm-surname">DerSarkissian</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="5"><span class="nlm-given-names">Aruna</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Muthukumar</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="6"><span class="nlm-given-names">Joe</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Healy</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="7"><span class="nlm-given-names">M Alan</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Brookhart</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="8"><span class="nlm-given-names">Jaime L</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Rubin</span></span></span></div> </div> </div></div></li><li class="last even toc-item"><div class="toc-citation"><div class="highwire-article-citation highwire-citation-type-highwire-article node211372" data-node-nid="211372" id="node-211372--2783731644" data-pisa="thoraxjnl;79/10/925" data-pisa-master="thoraxjnl;thorax-2023-220558" data-apath="/thoraxjnl/79/10/925.atom"><div class="highwire-cite highwire-cite-highwire-article highwire-citation-bmjj-toc clearfix"> <a href="/content/79/10/925" class="highwire-cite-linked-title" data-icon-position="" data-hide-link-title="0"><span class="highwire-cite-title">Original research: Long-term impact of ivacaftor on mortality rate and health outcomes in people with cystic fibrosis</span></a> (27 June, 2024) <span class="highwire-cite-access"><span class="highwire-citation-access"><svg class="icon icon-open-access bmjj-open-access bmjj-access-tag"><use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="#icon-openaccess"></use><svg></svg></svg></span></span> <div class="highwire-cite-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-author first" data-delta="0"><span class="nlm-given-names">Christian A</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Merlo</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="1"><span class="nlm-given-names">Teja</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Thorat</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="2"><span class="nlm-given-names">Maral</span> <span class="nlm-surname">DerSarkissian</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="3"><span class="nlm-given-names">Lisa J</span> <span class="nlm-surname">McGarry</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="4"><span class="nlm-given-names">Catherine</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Nguyen</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="5"><span class="nlm-given-names">Yuqian M</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Gu</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="6"><span class="nlm-given-names">Joe</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Healy</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="7"><span class="nlm-given-names">Jaime L</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Rubin</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="8"><span class="nlm-given-names">M Alan</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Brookhart</span></span></span></div> </div> </div></div></li></ul></div><div class="issue-toc-section issue-toc-section-occupational-lung-disease"><h2 id="Occupationallungdisease" class="toc-heading occupational-lung-disease">Occupational lung disease</h2><ul class="toc-section"><li class="first last odd toc-item"><div class="toc-citation"><div class="highwire-article-citation highwire-citation-type-highwire-article node211366" data-node-nid="211366" id="node-211366--2987080414" data-pisa="thoraxjnl;79/10/934" data-pisa-master="thoraxjnl;thorax-2024-221447" data-apath="/thoraxjnl/79/10/934.atom"><div class="highwire-cite highwire-cite-highwire-article highwire-citation-bmjj-toc clearfix"> <a href="/content/79/10/934" class="highwire-cite-linked-title" data-icon-position="" data-hide-link-title="0"><span class="highwire-cite-title">Original research: Relationship between cumulative silica exposure and silicosis: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis</span></a> (6 August, 2024) <span class="highwire-cite-access"><span class="highwire-citation-access"><svg class="icon icon-open-access bmjj-open-access bmjj-access-tag"><use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="#icon-openaccess"></use><svg></svg></svg></span></span> <div class="highwire-cite-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-author first" data-delta="0"><span class="nlm-given-names">Patrick</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Howlett</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="1"><span class="nlm-given-names">Jeffrey</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Gan</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="2"><span class="nlm-given-names">Maia</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Lesosky</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="3"><span class="nlm-given-names">Johanna</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Feary</span></span></span></div> </div> </div></div></li></ul></div><div class="issue-toc-section issue-toc-section-paediatric-lung-disease"><h2 id="Paediatriclungdisease" class="toc-heading paediatric-lung-disease">Paediatric lung disease</h2><ul class="toc-section"><li class="first odd toc-item"><div class="toc-citation"><div class="highwire-article-citation highwire-citation-type-highwire-article node211378" data-node-nid="211378" id="node-211378--2416612937" data-pisa="thoraxjnl;79/10/943" data-pisa-master="thoraxjnl;thorax-2024-221460" data-apath="/thoraxjnl/79/10/943.atom"><div class="highwire-cite highwire-cite-highwire-article highwire-citation-bmjj-toc clearfix"> <a href="/content/79/10/943" class="highwire-cite-linked-title" data-icon-position="" data-hide-link-title="0"><span class="highwire-cite-title">Original research: Urban metabolic and airway immune profiles increase the risk of infections in early childhood</span></a> (7 August, 2024) <span class="highwire-cite-access"><span class="highwire-citation-access highwire-citation-access-check" data-pisa-id="thoraxjnl;thorax-2024-221460" data-atom-uri="/thoraxjnl/79/10/943.atom" data-request-view="full"></span></span> <div class="highwire-cite-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-author first" data-delta="0"><span class="nlm-given-names">Nicklas</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Brustad</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="1"><span class="nlm-given-names">Jonathan</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Thorsen</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="2"><span class="nlm-given-names">Casper Emil Tingskov</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Pedersen</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="3"><span class="nlm-given-names">Mina</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Ali</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="4"><span class="nlm-given-names">Julie</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Kyvsgaard</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="5"><span class="nlm-given-names">Sarah</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Brandt</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="6"><span class="nlm-given-names">Jenni</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Lehtimäki</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="7"><span class="nlm-given-names">Nicole</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Prince</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="8"><span class="nlm-given-names">Nilofar V</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Følsgaard</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="9"><span class="nlm-given-names">Jessica</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Lasky-Su</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="10"><span class="nlm-given-names">Jakob</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Stokholm</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="11"><span class="nlm-given-names">Klaus</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Bønnelykke</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="12"><span class="nlm-given-names">Bo</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Chawes</span></span></span></div> </div> </div></div></li><li class="last even toc-item"><div class="toc-citation"><div class="highwire-article-citation highwire-citation-type-highwire-article node211376" data-node-nid="211376" id="node-211376--2937117453" data-pisa="thoraxjnl;79/10/953" data-pisa-master="thoraxjnl;thorax-2023-221150" data-apath="/thoraxjnl/79/10/953.atom"><div class="highwire-cite highwire-cite-highwire-article highwire-citation-bmjj-toc clearfix"> <a href="/content/79/10/953" class="highwire-cite-linked-title" data-icon-position="" data-hide-link-title="0"><span class="highwire-cite-title">Original research: Environmental exposures associated with early childhood recurrent wheezing in the mother and child in the environment birth cohort: a time-to-event study</span></a> (4 July, 2024) <span class="highwire-cite-access"><span class="highwire-citation-access"><svg class="icon icon-open-access bmjj-open-access bmjj-access-tag"><use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="#icon-openaccess"></use><svg></svg></svg></span></span> <div class="highwire-cite-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-author first" data-delta="0"><span class="nlm-given-names">Kareshma</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Asharam</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="1"><span class="nlm-given-names">Aweke A Abebaw</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Mitku</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="2"><span class="nlm-given-names">Lisa</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Ramsay</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="3"><span class="nlm-given-names">Prakash Mohan</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Jeena</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="4"><span class="nlm-given-names">Rajen N</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Naidoo</span></span></span></div> </div> </div></div></li></ul></div><div class="issue-toc-section issue-toc-section-respiratory-epidemiology"><h2 id="Respiratoryepidemiology" class="toc-heading respiratory-epidemiology">Respiratory epidemiology</h2><ul class="toc-section"><li class="first last odd toc-item"><div class="toc-citation"><div class="highwire-article-citation highwire-citation-type-highwire-article node211371" data-node-nid="211371" id="node-211371--21970789638" data-pisa="thoraxjnl;79/10/961" data-pisa-master="thoraxjnl;thorax-2023-220956" data-apath="/thoraxjnl/79/10/961.atom"><div class="highwire-cite highwire-cite-highwire-article highwire-citation-bmjj-toc clearfix"> <a href="/content/79/10/961" class="highwire-cite-linked-title" data-icon-position="" data-hide-link-title="0"><span class="highwire-cite-title">Original research: Early menopause and hormone therapy as determinants for lung health outcomes: a secondary analysis using the PLCO trial</span></a> (13 June, 2024) <span class="highwire-cite-access"><span class="highwire-citation-access highwire-citation-access-check" data-pisa-id="thoraxjnl;thorax-2023-220956" data-atom-uri="/thoraxjnl/79/10/961.atom" data-request-view="full"></span></span> <div class="highwire-cite-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-author first" data-delta="0"><span class="nlm-given-names">Xiaochun</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Gai</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="1"><span class="nlm-given-names">Yue</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Feng</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="2"><span class="nlm-given-names">Tessa M</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Flores</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="3"><span class="nlm-given-names">Huining</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Kang</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="4"><span class="nlm-given-names">Hui</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Yu</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="5"><span class="nlm-given-names">Kimberly K</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Leslie</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="6"><span class="nlm-given-names">Yiliang</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Zhu</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="7"><span class="nlm-given-names">Jennifer A</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Doherty</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="8"><span class="nlm-given-names">Yan</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Guo</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="9"><span class="nlm-given-names">Steven A</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Belinsky</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="10"><span class="nlm-given-names">Linda S</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Cook</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="11"><span class="nlm-given-names">Shuguang</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Leng</span></span></span></div> </div> </div></div></li></ul></div><div class="issue-toc-section issue-toc-section-sleep"><h2 id="Sleep" class="toc-heading sleep">Sleep</h2><ul class="toc-section"><li class="first last odd toc-item"><div class="toc-citation"><div class="highwire-article-citation highwire-citation-type-highwire-article node211377" data-node-nid="211377" id="node-211377--2306064297" data-pisa="thoraxjnl;79/10/970" data-pisa-master="thoraxjnl;thorax-2023-220998" data-apath="/thoraxjnl/79/10/970.atom"><div class="highwire-cite highwire-cite-highwire-article highwire-citation-bmjj-toc clearfix"> <a href="/content/79/10/970" class="highwire-cite-linked-title" data-icon-position="" data-hide-link-title="0"><span class="highwire-cite-title">Original research: Effects of moderate alcohol consumption and hypobaric hypoxia: implications for passengers’ sleep, oxygen saturation and heart rate on long-haul flights</span></a> (3 June, 2024) <span class="highwire-cite-access"><span class="highwire-citation-access highwire-citation-access-check" data-pisa-id="thoraxjnl;thorax-2023-220998" data-atom-uri="/thoraxjnl/79/10/970.atom" data-request-view="full"></span></span> <div class="highwire-cite-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-author first" data-delta="0"><span class="nlm-given-names">Rabea Antonia</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Trammer</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="1"><span class="nlm-given-names">Daniel</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Rooney</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="2"><span class="nlm-given-names">Sibylle</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Benderoth</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="3"><span class="nlm-given-names">Martin</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Wittkowski</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="4"><span class="nlm-given-names">Juergen</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Wenzel</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="5"><span class="nlm-given-names">Eva-Maria</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Elmenhorst</span></span></span></div> </div> </div></div></li></ul></div><div class="issue-toc-section issue-toc-section-short-reports"><h2 id="Shortreports" class="toc-heading short-reports">Short reports</h2><ul class="toc-section"><li class="first odd toc-item"><div class="toc-citation"><div class="highwire-article-citation highwire-citation-type-highwire-article node211362" data-node-nid="211362" id="node-211362--2872184047" data-pisa="thoraxjnl;79/10/979" data-pisa-master="thoraxjnl;thorax-2024-221715" data-apath="/thoraxjnl/79/10/979.atom"><div class="highwire-cite highwire-cite-highwire-article highwire-citation-bmjj-toc clearfix"> <a href="/content/79/10/979" class="highwire-cite-linked-title" data-icon-position="" data-hide-link-title="0"><span class="highwire-cite-title">Artificial stone silicosis: a UK case series</span></a> (6 August, 2024) <span class="highwire-cite-access"><span class="highwire-citation-access highwire-citation-access-check" data-pisa-id="thoraxjnl;thorax-2024-221715" data-atom-uri="/thoraxjnl/79/10/979.atom" data-request-view="full"></span></span> <div class="highwire-cite-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-author first" data-delta="0"><span class="nlm-given-names">Johanna</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Feary</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="1"><span class="nlm-given-names">Anand</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Devaraj</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="2"><span class="nlm-given-names">Matthew</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Burton</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="3"><span class="nlm-given-names">Felix</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Chua</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="4"><span class="nlm-given-names">Robina K</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Coker</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="5"><span class="nlm-given-names">Arnab</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Datta</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="6"><span class="nlm-given-names">Richard J</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Hewitt</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="7"><span class="nlm-given-names">Maria</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Kokosi</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="8"><span class="nlm-given-names">Vaslis</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Kouranos</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="9"><span class="nlm-given-names">Carl Jonathan</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Reynolds</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="10"><span class="nlm-given-names">Clare L</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Ross</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="11"><span class="nlm-given-names">Veronica</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Smith</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="12"><span class="nlm-given-names">Katie</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Ward</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="13"><span class="nlm-given-names">Melissa</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Wickremasinghe</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="14"><span class="nlm-given-names">Joanna</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Szram</span></span></span></div> </div> </div></div></li><li class="last even toc-item"><div class="toc-citation"><div class="highwire-article-citation highwire-citation-type-highwire-article node211375" data-node-nid="211375" id="node-211375--22101438783" data-pisa="thoraxjnl;79/10/982" data-pisa-master="thoraxjnl;thorax-2024-221865" data-apath="/thoraxjnl/79/10/982.atom"><div class="highwire-cite highwire-cite-highwire-article highwire-citation-bmjj-toc clearfix"> <a href="/content/79/10/982" class="highwire-cite-linked-title" data-icon-position="" data-hide-link-title="0"><span class="highwire-cite-title">Pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer: an analysis of the Clinical Practice Research Datalink linked to the National Cancer Registration Dataset</span></a> (10 September, 2024) <span class="highwire-cite-access"><span class="highwire-citation-access highwire-citation-access-check" data-pisa-id="thoraxjnl;thorax-2024-221865" data-atom-uri="/thoraxjnl/79/10/982.atom" data-request-view="full"></span></span> <div class="highwire-cite-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-author first" data-delta="0"><span class="nlm-given-names">Francesca</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Gonnelli</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="1"><span class="nlm-given-names">Jaspreet</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Kaur</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="2"><span class="nlm-given-names">Martina</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Bonifazi</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="3"><span class="nlm-given-names">David</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Baldwin</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="4"><span class="nlm-given-names">Emma</span> <span class="nlm-surname">O’Dowd</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="5"><span class="nlm-given-names">Richard</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Hubbard</span></span></span></div> </div> </div></div></li></ul></div><div class="issue-toc-section issue-toc-section-images-in-thorax"><h2 id="ImagesinThorax" class="toc-heading images-in-thorax">Images in Thorax</h2><ul class="toc-section"><li class="first last odd toc-item"><div class="toc-citation"><div class="highwire-article-citation highwire-citation-type-highwire-article node211363" 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