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Cell Recovery in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in Smokers Is Dependent on Cumulative Smoking History

BACKGROUND: Smoking is a risk factor for various lung diseases in which BAL may be used as a part of a clinical investigation. Interpretation of BAL fluid cellularity is however difficult due to high variability, in particular among smokers. In this study we aimed to evaluate the effect of smoking o...

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Autores principales: Karimi, Reza, Tornling, Göran, Grunewald, Johan, Eklund, Anders, Sköld, C. Magnus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3315521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22479573
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034232