Exacerbations: Etiology and pathophysiologic mechanisms

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Volumn 121, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 136S-141S

  Wedzicha, Jadwiga A ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; COPD; Endothelin 1; Epidemiology; Exacerbations; Interleukin 6; Interleukin 8; Pollution; Rhinovirus; Virus infection

Indexed keywords

INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMON COLD; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOVIRUS; SPUTUM LEVEL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0036257571     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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