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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...
Autores principales: | Willemse, Brigitte WM, ten Hacken, Nick HT, Rutgers, Bea, Postma, Dirkje S, Timens, Wim |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2005
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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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