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. 2021 Aug 31;7(3):00324-2021.
doi: 10.1183/23120541.00324-2021. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Higher alveolar deposition of particulate matter in emphysematous lobes of COPD

Nguyen Thanh Tung  1   2   3 , Shu-Chuan Ho  4   3 , Yueh-Hsun Lu  5   6 , Tzu-Tao Chen  7 , Kang-Yun Lee  7   8 , Kuan-Yuan Chen  7 , Chih-Da Wu  9   10 , Kian Fan Chung  11 , Han-Pin Kuo  8 , Huynh Nguyen Xuan Thao  12 , Hoang Ba Dung  2 , Tran Phan Chung Thuy  13 , Sheng-Ming Wu  7   8 , Hsiao-Yun Kou  4 , Yueh-Lun Lee  14 , Hsiao-Chi Chuang  4   7   15
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Higher alveolar deposition of particulate matter in emphysematous lobes of COPD

Nguyen Thanh Tung et al. ERJ Open Res. .

Abstract

The novelty of this study is that it identified the associations between PM2.5 deposition in the lung and the degree of emphysema in different lung lobes of COPD patients, especially in the right middle lobe and both upper lobes https://bit.ly/3k21ri0.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: N.T. Nguyen has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S-C. Ho has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Y-H. Lu has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: T-T. Chen has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: K-Y. Lee has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: K-Y. Chen has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: C-D. Wu has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: K.F. Chung has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: H-P. Kuo has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: H.N.X. Thao has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: H.B. Dung has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: T.P.C. Tran has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S-M Wu has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: H-Y. Kou has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Y-L. Lee has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: H-C. Chuang has nothing to disclose.

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