Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học 'Respiratory Research cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài:" Acute effects of cigarette smoking on inflammation in healthy intermittent smokers. | Respiratory Research BioMed Central Research Open Access Acute effects of cigarette smoking on inflammation in healthy intermittent smokers Hester van der Vaart1 Dirkje S Postma1 Wim Timens2 Machteld N Hylkema2 Brigitte WM Willemse2 H Marike Boezen4 Judith M Vonk4 Dorothea M de Reus3 Henk F Kauffman3 and Nick HT ten Hacken 1 Address Department of Pulmonology University Medical Center Groningen Groningen the Netherlands 2Department of Pathology University Medical Center Groningen Groningen the Netherlands 3Department of Allergology University Medical Center Groningen Groningen the Netherlands and 4Department of Epidemiology and Statistics University Medical Center Groningen Groningen the Netherlands Email Hester van der Vaart - Dirkje S Postma - WimTimens - Machteld N Hylkema - Brigitte WM Willemse - H Marike Boezen - Judith M Vonk - Dorothea M de Reus - Henk F Kauffman - Nick HT ten Hacken - Corresponding author Published 01 March 2005 Received 28 September 2004 Respiratory Research 2005 6 22 doi 1465-9921 -6-22 Accepted 0I March 2005 This article is available from http content 6 1 22 2005 van der Vaart et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Chronic smoking is the main risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Knowledge on the response to the initial smoke exposures might enhance the understanding of changes due to chronic smoking since repetitive acute smoke effects may cumulate and lead to .