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Tobacco use increases susceptibility to bacterial infection

Active smokers and those exposed to secondhand smoke are at increased risk of bacterial infection. Tobacco smoke exposure increases susceptibility to respiratory tract infections, including tuberculosis, pneumonia and Legionnaires disease; bacterial vaginosis and sexually transmitted diseases, such...

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Autores principales: Bagaitkar, Juhi, Demuth, Donald R, Scott, David A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19094204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1617-9625-4-12

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