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Impact of smoking on nasal mucociliary clearance time in Kano metropolis, Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Mucociliary clearance is an important defense mechanism in human upper and lower respiratory airways. Impairment of this process by certain conditions such as cigarette smoking can predispose to chronic infection and neoplasm of the nose and paranasal sinuses. METHODS: This was a cross‐s...

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Autores principales: Mahmud, Ahmad, Salisu, Abubakar D., Kolo, Emmanuel S., Hasheem, Muhammad G., Bello‐Muhammad, Nafisatu, Tukur, Ahmad R., Nuhu, Yasir J., Jalo, Rabiu I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10050968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37006746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wjo2.61