European Respiratory Journal

Official Journal of the European Respiratory Society

Chief Editor MARC DECRAMER Respiratory Division U.Z. Gasthuisberg Herestraat 49 B-3000 LEUVEN BELGIUM Tel: 32 16 346807 Fax: 32 16 346803 marc.decramer@uz.kuleuven.ac.be Secretary: Mrs E. Lahousse Tel: 32 16 347125 Fax: 32 16 346803 eline.lahousse@med.kuleuven.ac.be

Past Chief Editor ULRICH COSTABEL Ruhrlandklinik Abt Pneumologie/Allergologie Tueschener Weg 40 D-45239 Essen Germany Tel: 49 201 4334020 Fax: 49 201 4334029 erj.costabel@t-online.de

Publications Office WENDY THOMPSON (Journals Manager) Suite 2.4, Hutton's Building 146 West Street SHEFFIELD S1 4ES UK Tel: 44 114 278 0498 Fax: 44 114 2780501 44 114 276 7895 wendy.thompson@ersnet.org

EDITORIAL BOARD
Assistant Chief Editors
M. Cosio Montreal, Canada	G.J. Gibson London, UK	Y. Sibille Yvoir, Belgium	P. Vermeire Antwerp, Belgium
J. Gerritsen Groningen, The Netherlands	R. Naeije Brussels, Belgium	P.J. Sterk Leiden, The Netherlands

Associate Editors
N. Ambrosino Livorno, Italy	P.S. Burge Birmingham, UK	J.W. Fitting Lausanne, Switzerland	D. Nowak Munich, Germany
M. Ando Kumamoto, Japan	P.M. Calverley Liverpool, UK	R. Gosselink Leuven, Belgium	D. Rodenstein Brussels, Belgium
J.H.T. Bates Colchester, USA	P. Camus Dijon, France	P.L. Haslam London, UK	M. Saetta Padova, Italy
R.P. Baughman Cincinnati, USA	K-H. Carlsen Oslo, Norway	H.A.M. Kerstjens Groningen, The Netherlands	C. Saltini Modena, Italy
R. Beasley Wellington, New Zealand	R. Dekhuijzen Nijmegen, The Netherlands	P. Le Souef Perth, Australia	T. Sandström Umea, Sweden
C. Brambilla Grenoble, France	E. Derom Gent, Belgium	P. Lévy Grenoble, France	S.G. Spiro London, UK
L. Brochard Créteil, France	J.M. Drazen Boston, USA	E. von Mutius Munich, Germany	J. Sunyer Barcelona, Spain
B. Brunekreef Wageningen, The Netherlands	S. Ewig Bonn, Germany	C. O'Connor Dublin, Ireland	M. Vignola Palermo, Italy
			M.A. Woodhead Manchester, UK

Index Editor: E. Berglund, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Past Chief Editors: E. Berglund, Gothenburg, Sweden; P. Vermeire, Antwerp, Belgium.

Statistical Advisors: S. Chinn, London, UK; C. Melot, Brussels, Belgium.

Original manuscript and 3 copies should be sent directly to Professor M. Decramer, Leuven, Belgium.
Please note Instructions to Authors in the back of the issue.

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOCIETY Executive Committee
President: J. Boe, Oslo	President-elect: J. Roca, Barcelona	Past-President: R. Loddenkemper, Berlin
Secretary General: C. Donner, Veruno	Treasurer: J.C. Chevrolet, Geneva	Newsletter Editor: N. Siafakas, Heraklion
Member-at-Large: E. Dagli, Istanbul	Member-at-Large: J. Strausz, Törökbálint	Member-at-Large: O. Burghuber, Korneuburg
Programme Committee Chairman: W. MacNee, Edinburgh

Members
J.F. Cordier, Lyon	K.F. Chung, London	P.A. Rocmans, Brussels
A. Torres, Barcelona	G. Viegi, Pisa	C.P. Van Der Schans, Groningen
M. Zelter, Paris	K-H. Carlsen, Oslo	M. Woodhead, Manchester
V. Brusasco, Genova

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