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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Main Authors: Willemse, Brigitte WM, ten Hacken, Nick HT, Rutgers, Bea, Postma, Dirkje S, Timens, Wim
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: BioMed Central 2005
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Online dostop: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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