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The effects of smoking and smoking cessation on nasal mucociliary clearance, mucus properties and inflammation

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43

Citations

38

References

2016

Year

Daniela Mitiyo Odagiri Utiyama, Carolina Tieko Yoshida, Danielle Miyuki Goto, Tômas de Santana Carvalho, Ubiratan de Paula Santos, Andreas Rembert Koczulla, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, Naomi Kondo Nakagawa
Clinics

Abstract

This study showed that smoking cessation induced early improvements in nasal mucociliary clearance independent of mucus properties and inflammation. Changes in mucus properties were observed after only 12 months of smoking cessation.

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