TY - CHAP AU - Elizabeth Sapey AU - Robert A Stockley ED - Ignacio Martin-Loeches Y1 - 2011-08-23 PY - 2011 T1 - The Importance of Chronic Bronchitis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 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. 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/18116 DO - 10.5772/18116 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -