Environmental particulates in induced sputum alveolar macrophages from healthy children – electron microscopic appearance

N. S. Kulkarni, A. Rutman, C. O‘Callaghan, J. M. Grigg (Leicester, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Particles and pollution: clinical and experimental data
Session: Particles and pollution: clinical and experimental data
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3706
Disease area: Airway diseases

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