Smoked marijuana as a cause of lung injury

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-100

  Tashkin, Donald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophages; Cannabis; Lung function; Lung injury; Marijuana; Respiratory cancer; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CYTOKINE; DRONABINOL; NICOTINE; NITRIC OXIDE; TOXIC GAS;

APOPTOSIS; BAROTRAUMA; BRONCHODILATATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUGHING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INJURY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIETY; SPUTUM;

EID: 23844510064     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2005.645     Document Type: Review

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