Passive smoking increases platelet activation in healthy people

Posted August 25th, 2012 by PCC STEM & filed under Health Sciences.

It is well known that passive smoking is harmful for cardiovascular health, but the mechanism has not yet been discovered, researchers said. They investigated the effects of passive smoking on the levels of three parameters – mean platelet volume (MPV), carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) and lactate - in an effort to further understand this mechanism.

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