Peripheral skeletal muscle characteristics in non COPD smoker subjects

M. Montes de Oca, S. H. Torres, E. Loeb, N. Hernández, B. Anchústegui, C. Tálamo (Caracas, Venezuela)

Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Smoking cessation: why and how
Session: Smoking cessation: why and how
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1451
Disease area: Airway diseases

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