The relationship of particulate matter retention in the lung to the severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Particulate matter (PM) deposited into the lung is removed predominantly by ciliary action of epithelial cells in the airways and by macrophages that phagocytose these particles in the peripheral air space. We hypothesize that the particle load or burden in the lungs’ of patients with Chronic Obstru...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/23319 |