Cigarette smoking does not increase hydrogen peroxide levels in expired breath condensate of patients with stable COPD

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 268-273

  Nowak, D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breath condensate; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cigarette smoking; Hydrogen peroxide

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDIZING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MALE; PHAGOCYTE; PREDICTION; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 0031686132     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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