Cigarette smoking, cough reflex, and respiratory tract infection [1]

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 814-

  Ebihara, Satoru ^a   Ebihara, Takae ^b   Okazaki, Tatsuma ^b   Sasaki, Hidetada ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUGH REFLEX; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SWALLOWING;

EID: 17644364401     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.7.814-a     Document Type: Letter

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