Scientists probe why smokers face deadlier COVID-19

NCT ID NCT04403386

Summary

This study aimed to understand why smokers might get sicker from COVID-19. Researchers followed 132 healthy adults, both smokers and non-smokers, for up to 6 months. They collected blood and other samples to compare immune system differences before and after a COVID-19 infection.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • NIEHS Clinical Research Unit (CRU)

    Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, United States

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