Higher alveolar deposition of particulate matter in emphysematous lobes of COPD
- Nguyen Thanh Tung1,2,15,
- Shu-Chuan Ho3,15,
- Yueh-Hsun Lu4,5,
- Tzu-Tao Chen6,
- Kang-Yun Lee6,7,
- Kuan-Yuan Chen6,
- Chih-Da Wu8,9,
- Kian Fan Chung10,
- Han-Pin Kuo7,
- Huynh Nguyen Xuan Thao11,
- Hoang Ba Dung2,
- Tran Phan Chung Thuy12,
- Sheng-Ming Wu6,7,
- Hsiao-Yun Kou3,
- Yueh-Lun Lee13 and
- Hsiao-Chi Chuang3,6,14⇑
- 1International Ph.D. Program in Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2Otorhinolaryngology Department, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- 3School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- 4Department of Radiology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- 5Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- 6Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- 7Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- 8Department of Geomatics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- 9National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan
- 10National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
- 11Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- 12Otorhinolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- 13Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- 14Cell Physiology and Molecular Image Research Center, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- 15These authors contributed equally to this study
- Hsiao-Chi Chuang (r92841005{at}ntu.edu.tw)
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Conflict of interest: Dr. Nguyen has nothing to disclose.
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- Received May 9, 2021.
- Accepted June 27, 2021.
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