Sidestream tobacco smoke exposure acutely alters human nasal mucociliary clearance.
Nasal mucociliary clearance (NMC) is a biomarker of nasal mucosal function. Tobacco smokers have been shown to have abnormal NMC, but the acute effect of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) on nonsmokers is unknown. This study evaluated acute tobacco smoke-induced alterations in NMC in 12 healthy adul...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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1995
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1519197/ |