Increased lower respiratory tract iron concentrations in alkaloidal (“crack”) cocaine users

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 422-427

  Janjua, Tariq M ^a   Bohan, Amy E ^a   Wesselius, Lewis J ^a  

^a CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophage; Cocaine; Ferritin; Iron

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; FERRITIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLORIMETRY; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT;

EID: 0035113550     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.2.422     Document Type: Article

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