Benefits of improved air quality on ageing lungs: impacts of genetics and obesity

Anke Hüls, Dorothee Sugiri, Michael J. Abramson, Barbara Hoffmann, Holger Schwender, Katja Ickstadt, Ursula Krämer, Tamara Schikowski

Source: Eur Respir J, 53 (4) 1801780; 10.1183/13993003.01780-2018
Journal Issue: April
Disease area: Airway diseases

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