Acute Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Inflammation in Healthy Intermittent Smokers
- Topics:
- Healthcare Services
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- BioMed Central,
- Cigarette,
- Effect,
- Inflammation
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- BioMed Central
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Overview: Chronic smoking is the main risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Knowledge on the response to the initial smoke exposures might enhance the understanding of changes due to chronic smoking, since repetitive acute smoke effects may cumulate and lead to irreversible lung damage. The paper investigates acute effects of smoking on inflammation in 16 healthy intermittent smokers in an open randomized cross-over study and concludes that besides an increase in inflammation, as known from chronic smoking, there is also a suppressive effect of smoking two cigarettes on particular inflammatory parameters.
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Format: PDF | Size: 224KB | Date: Mar 2005 | Pages: 35
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