N-acetylcysteine prevents cigarette smoke induced small airways alterations in rats

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 505-511

  Rubio, M L ^a   Sanchez Cifuentes, M V ^a   Ortega, M ^a   Peces Barba, G ^a   Escolar, J D ^b   Verbanck, S ^c   Paiva, M ^d   Gonzalez Mangado N ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Universidad de   (Spain)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e Fundación Jiménez Daz Capio Sanidad   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoke exposure; Gas mixing; Helium; N acetylcysteine; Rat; Sulphur hexafluoride

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; GAS MIXING; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0034103172     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.15.13.x     Document Type: Article

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