TB & Outbreaks Week
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of TB & Outbreaks Week
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Risk Factors
Researchers from University of British Columbia report on findings in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk factors
July 1st, 2008
Scientists discuss in 'Lung structure and function in COPD' new findings in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. "The pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is related to a chronic innate and adaptive inflammatory immune response to inhaled toxic particles and gases, primarily as a result of the tobacco smoking habit. This inflammatory immune process develops in the lungs of everyone that smokes, and there is an association between the extent and severity of this tissue response and the severity of airflow limitation present in the fraction of the smoking population that develops COPD," researchers in Vancouver, Canada report. "This infiltration...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-01)
|
