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Role of smoking cessation on COPD patients and asymptomatic smokers /

Mohammed Abdallah Elbialy

Role of smoking cessation on COPD patients and asymptomatic smokers / دور التوقف عن التدخين على مرضى السدة الرئوية المزمنة والمدخنين بدون اعراض تنفسية Mohammed Abdallah Elbialy ; Supervised Ayman Elsayed Salem , Amany Atef Elkarim Abouzeid - Cairo : Mohammed Abdallah Elbialy , 2011 - 112 P. : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Chest diseases and Tuberculosis

Smoking is the major risk factor for development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which is characterized by progressive and not fully reversible airway obstruction . In addition to that it is well known that airway inflammation initiated by smoking leads to change in both airway and lung parenchyma



Asymptomatic smokers Cessation on COPD Smoking