Marked increase in sputum alveolar macrophages in residents of Calcutta: Possible exposure effect of severe air pollution

Current Science

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 399-404

  Lahiri, T ^a   Ray, M R ^a   Mukherjee, S ^a   Basu, C ^a   Lahiri, P ^b  

^a CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

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