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Lower hypoxic ventilatory response in smokers compared to non-smokers during abstinence from cigarettes
BACKGROUND: Carotid body O(2)-chemosensitivity determines the hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) as part of crucial regulatory reflex within oxygen homeostasis. Nicotine has been suggested to attenuate HVR in neonates of smoking mothers. However, whether smoking affects HVR in adulthood has remained...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5121951/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27881161 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0323-0 |