Article
[Smoking, asthma and associated phenotypes. An epidemiological approach].
Revue des maladies respiratoires - 1 Apr 2003
Raherison C, Taytard A, Annesi-Maesano I
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INTRODUCTION: The relationship between the respiratory tract and the environment is complex and is based on the dynamic interaction between genetically determined host-defence mechanisms and the toxicity of inhaled pollutants. STATE OF ART: Although the World Health Organisation has decreed that smoking is an avoidable cause of premature death, the epidemiological evaluation of the effects of smoking remains...
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