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Tobacco smoking: A stimulus for blood volume expansion.
Alexandros Sotiridis, Charalambos Dardamanis-Aidonas, Anastasios Makris, Ioannis Loukas, Nickos Geladas, Maria Koskolou
Published: 202610.1016/j.resp.2025.104505
Abstract
Tobacco smoking involves the inhalation of carbon monoxide (CO), a gas that binds to hemoglobin molecules to form carboxyhemoglobin (COHb), and thus acutely reduces arterial oxygen content. Whether regular tobacco smoking elicits a compensatory incre…
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