Airways obstruction, chronic expectoration, and rapid decline of FEV1 in smokers are associated with increased levels of sputum neutrophils

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-271

  Stanescu D ^a   Sanna, A ^a   Veriter, C ^a   Kostianev, S ^a   Calcagni, P G ^b   Fabbri, L M ^c   Maestrelli, P ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Lung function; Neutrophils; Smoking; Sputum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029978437     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.3.267     Document Type: Article

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