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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |