The Primary Care Respiratory Journal: Articles in Press http://www.thepcrj.org This section, Articles in Press, contains copy-edited, corrected proofs of peer-reviewed articles which have been accepted for publication in the Primary Care Respiratory Journal. Factors accounting for asthma variability: achieving optimal symptom control for individual patients http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00004 Barbara Yawn http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00004 Co-morbidities in people with COPD: a result of multiple diseases, or multiple manifestations of smoking and reactive inflammation? http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00021 Barbara Yawn, Alan Kaplan http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00021 Prolonged cough in children: a summary of the Belgian primary care clinical guideline http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00028 Sophie Leconte, Dominique Paulus, Jan Degryse http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00028 Perceptions, impact and management of asthma in South Africa: a patient questionnaire study http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00027 Robin Green, Gloria Davis, David Price http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00027 Assessing atopic disease in children two to six years old: reliability of a revised questionnaire http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00023 Torbjørn Øien, Ola Storrø, Roar Johnsen http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00023 Prevention of COPD exacerbations by salmeterol/fluticasone propionate or tiotropium – the INSPIRE study http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00022 Alan Kaplan http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00022 A review of the TORCH study http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00026 Alan Kaplan http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00026 Treatment of mild persistent asthma http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00006 Alan Kaplan http://dx.doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2008.00006