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Elevated salivary C-reactive protein levels are associated with active and passive smoking in healthy youth: A pilot study

BACKGROUND: We examined salivary C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in the context of tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) in healthy youth. We hypothesized that there would be a dose-response relationship between TSE status and salivary CRP levels. METHODS: This work is a pilot study (N = 45) for a larger inv...

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Autores principales: Azar, Rima, Richard, Annie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3266640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22152006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-9255-8-37