Cigarette smoking: an important renal risk factor – far beyond carcinogenesis

In recent years, it has become apparent that smoking has a negative impact on renal function, being one of the most important remediable renal risk factors. It has been clearly shown that the risk for high-normal urinary albumin excretion and microalbuminuria is increased in smoking compared to non-...

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Main Author: SR Orth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2003-06-01
Series:Tobacco Induced Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/Cigarette-smoking-an-important-renal-risk-factor-far-beyond-carcinogenesis,65403,0,2.html