May 2012

Volume 67

Issue 5

Impact factor: 6.525

Thorax is one of the world's leading respiratory medicine journals, publishing clinical and experimental research articles on respiratory medicine, paediatrics, immunology, pharmacology, pathology, and surgery. Thorax is one of the highest ISI ranked journals covering all aspects of pulmonary medicine. Each issue covers topics such as COPD, asthma, smoking, respiratory infection and lung cancer.

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Early diagnosis of lung cancer: evaluation of a community-based social marketing intervention

Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world, with 1.6 million new cases diagnosed every year.1 In the UK it accounts for 14% (39 400 cases per year) of all cancer diagnoses and...
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Hot topic

This month Thorax looks at Metabolic surgery and obstructive sleep apnoea with the following free paper:
Metabolic surgery and obstructive sleep apnoea: the protective effects of bariatric procedures >>

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