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Nature 226, 1228-1231 (27 June 1970) | doi:10.1038/2261228a0; Received 27 November 1969

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

D. PAVIA, M. D. SHORT* & M. L. THOMSON

  1. TUC Centenary Institute of Occupational Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WCI
  2. *Present address: Department of Medical Physics, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12.
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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.