Effects of acute cigarette smoke exposure on macrophage kinetics and release of tumour necrosis factor α in rats

• Main Authors: G. P. Pessina (Author), L. Paulesu (Author), F. Corradeschi (Author), E. Luzzi (Author), A. Di Stefano (Author), M. Tanzini (Author), G. Matteucci (Author), V. Bocci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Some biological parameters before and after an acute episode of cigarette smoking in rats have been evaluated. The carboxyhaemoglobin levels depended either on the number of cigarettes, or on the time of exposure to cigarette smoke and returned to pre-smoking values in about 2 h. The evaluation of t...