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No Demonstrable Long Term Effects of Cigarette Smoking on the Mucociliary Mechanism of the Human Lung

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The efficiency of removal of particulate matter from the lung has been assessed in smokers and non-smokers using a radioactive aerosol as tracer.

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PAVIA, D., SHORT, M. & THOMSON, M. No Demonstrable Long Term Effects of Cigarette Smoking on the Mucociliary Mechanism of the Human Lung. Nature 226, 1228–1231 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2261228a0

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