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Measuring Carbon Content in Airway Macrophages Exposed to Carbon-Containing Particulate Matters
Published on: July 12, 2024
[Awareness of air pollution in patients with chronic respiratory diseases]
Ignasi Garcia-Olivé1, Toni Zapata2, Antoni Rosell1
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; CibeRes, Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Spain; Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain; Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
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