Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 1995)

Effect of Cigarette Smoke on Bronchial Reactivity

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

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.