Association of current smoking with airway inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asymptomatic smokers

BACKGROUND: Inflammation in the airways and lung parenchyma underlies fixed airway obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The exact role of smoking as promoting factor of inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not clear, partly because studies often do not distinguis...

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Autori principali: Willemse, Brigitte WM, ten Hacken, Nick HT, Rutgers, Bea, Postma, Dirkje S, Timens, Wim
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2005
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1140754/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15850494
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-6-38
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