Mohammed Abdallah Elbialy <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Chest diseases and Tuberculosis 
<br/><br/> 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  
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Asymptomatic smokers  Cessation on COPD  Smoking