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How Does Smoking Contribute to Emphysema

Question 24

Question 24

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How does smoking contribute to emphysema?


A) By interrupting the production of elastase
B) By destroying cilia in the bronchi
C) By reducing the alpha1antitrypsin (a1a)
D) By creating hyperplasia of submucosal glands

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