Bacterial adherence in smokers and non-smokers

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 481-484

  Piatti, G ^a   Gazzola, T ^a   Allegra, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial adherence; Infection; Lock and key mechanism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHEEK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031472109     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1997.0255     Document Type: Article

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