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Is the cellular response to cigarette smoke predictive of the phenotypic variation of COPD?
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology - 1 Jun 2011
Park Gye Young, Christman John W
Abstract excerpt
The adverse health consequences of cigarette smoking are not limited to the lung but also include effects on multiple other organ systems that are exposed directly or indirectly to the hazardous gaseous and soluble compounds generated by burning tobacco. Cigarette smoking (CS) is a risk factor for many major diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), atherosclerosis, cerebral and coronary...
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