Effect of Cigarette Smoke on Bronchial Reactivity

JL Wright; J-P Sun; S Vedal; A Churg

doi:10.1155/1995/502645

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 1995)

Effect of Cigarette Smoke on Bronchial Reactivity

JL Wright,
J-P Sun,
S Vedal,
A Churg

Affiliations

JL Wright: Departments of Pathology and Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J-P Sun: Departments of Pathology and Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
S Vedal: Departments of Pathology and Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
A Churg: Departments of Pathology and Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1995/502645
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 4
pp. 231 – 235

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of a brief low level exposure to cigarette smoke in rats with known low (Sprague-Dawley) and high (Fisher) airway responsiveness, to test the hypothesis that airways reactivity influences the severity or duration of pulmonary function alterations after cigarette smoke exposure.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crj/

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