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A variety of studies in man and animals have shown that cigarette smoke increases pulmonary mineral dust retention. This phenomenon has been demonstrated demonstrated both for inert dusts such as iron oxide (Cohen et al 1979; Gilks et al 1988) and toxic dusts such as asbestos (McFadden et al 1986a). Histopathologic studies in animals indicate that the effect of increased dust retention is increased penetration of dust into the walls of small airways. Again this is true for both inert and toxic dusts (McFadden et al 1986b; Gilks et al 1988).
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Churg, A., Wright, J.L. (1989). Effects of Cigarette Smoke on Uptake of Asbestos and Iron Oxide by Rat Tracheal Explants. In: Mossman, B.T., Bégin, R.O. (eds) Effects of Mineral Dusts on Cells. NATO ASI Series, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74203-3_1
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