Statins reduce the burden of ambient particulate matter and inflammatory cells within the lung tissues of smokers with and without COPD

Kunihiko Hiraiwa, Sally Miller, David A. Ngan, Drago? M. Vasilescu, Tillie-Louise Hackett, Daisuke Kinose, Jui ChihCheng, Stephan F. van Eeden

Source: Eur Respir J 2017; 49(1): 1601689; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01689-2016
Journal Issue: January
Disease area: Airway diseases

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