Association of current smoking with airway inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asymptomatic smokers

BACKGROUND: Inflammation in the airways and lung parenchyma underlies fixed airway obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The exact role of smoking as promoting factor of inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not clear, partly because studies often do not distinguis...

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Autores principales: Willemse, Brigitte WM, ten Hacken, Nick HT, Rutgers, Bea, Postma, Dirkje S, Timens, Wim
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1140754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15850494
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-6-38

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1140754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15850494
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-6-38

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