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ISBN: 9780134813448
Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 34, Problem 1AC
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Heart-lung transplants are performed in some cases in which both organs have been damaged by cigarette smoking. Given a scarcity of organ donors, determine the criteria that would be used by an individual in selecting a recipient for such a transplant.
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Smoking is inhalation and exhalation of burning cigarettes fumes containing tobacco. The smoke of cigarette tends to have a negative impact on the organs that are in direct contact of smoke as well as on the organs that are not in direct contact (as individuals inhale smoke present in the surrounding exhaled by smokers cigarette).
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