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Pulmonary epithelium, cigarette smoke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex chronic inflammatory disease involving a wide variety of cells and inflammatory mediators. The most important etiological factor in the development of this disease is cigarette smoking. Much of the research into the mechanisms of COPD has bee...

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Autores principales: Thorley, Andrew J, Tetley, Teresa D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2699967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18268916