Correlation between Upper Airway and Lower Airway Function in Current Smokers, Never Smokers and Former Smokers
Rojan Ravi, Indranil Pal, Saumitra Kumar, Anindita Sinha Babu, Indranil Halder & Suman Roy · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2023
Introduction: Smoking is the major risk factor for the development of chronic lung disease and airway malignancy. The development of biomarkers for disease onset and early progression is hindered by the accessibility of the primary tissue in the lungs, so there is a need to evalu...