Heavy habitual marijuana smoking does not cause an accelerated decline in FEV1 with age

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 141-148

  Tashkin, Donald P ^a   Simmons, Michael S ^b   Sherrill, Duane L ^b   Coulson, Anne H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0031037903     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.1.9001303     Document Type: Article

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