Effect of cigarette smoke on oxidative stress and vascular endothelial function

Oxidative Stress: A Focus on Cardiovascular Disease Pathogenesis

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 235-256

  Argacha, J F ^a   Adamopoulos, D ^a   Dreyfuss, C ^a   Berkenboom, G ^a   Van de Borne, P ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

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