Chronic Household Air Pollution Exposure Is Associated with Impaired Alveolar Macrophage Function in Malawian Non-Smokers.
<h4>Background</h4>Household air pollution in low income countries is an important cause of mortality from respiratory infection. We hypothesised that chronic smoke exposure is detrimental to alveolar macrophage function, causing failure of innate immunity. We report the relationship bet...
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| Main Authors: | Jamie Rylance, Chikondi Chimpini, Sean Semple, David G Russell, Malcolm J Jackson, Robert S Heyderman, Stephen B Gordon |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0138762&type=printable |
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