TY - CHAP AU - Francesco Sava AU - Francois Maltais AU - Paul Poirier ED - Ignacio Martin-Loeches Y1 - 2011-08-23 PY - 2011 T1 - The Impact of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in COPD N2 - Lung parenchyma has been extensively investigated. Nevertheless, the study of bronchial small airways is much less common. In addition, bronchitis represents, in some occasions, an intermediate process that easily explains the damage in the lung parenchyma. The main target of this book is to provide a bronchial small airways original research from different experts in the field. BT - Bronchitis SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/21011 DO - 10.5772/21011 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-16 ER -