Maintained Smoking Cessation for 6 Months Equilibrates the Percentage of Sputum CD8+ Lymphocyte Cells with That of Nonsmokers
Little is known about the longitudinal effects of smoking cessation on sputum inflammatory cells. We aimed to investigate the changes in sputum inflammatory cells and T-lymphocyte subpopulations after 6 and 12 months smoking cessation. Induced sputum was obtained from 68 healthy smokers before and a...
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Main Authors: | Izolde Bouloukaki (Author), Maria Tsoumakidou (Author), Constantine I. Vardavas (Author), Ioanna Mitrouska (Author), Eleni Koutala (Author), Nikolaos M. Siafakas (Author), Sophia E. Schiza (Author), Nikos Tzanakis (Author) |
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2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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