Effects of smoking on activation markers, Fas expression and apoptosis of peripheral blood lymphocytes
- 1 June 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Vol. 31 (6) , 550-553
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2362.2001.00842.x
Abstract
Background Smoking influences numbers and function of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) by a process that is badly understood. We conducted this study to evaluate whether the immune impairment of s...Keywords
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