Tracheobronchomalacia and air trapping after mustard gas exposure

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 304-309

  Ghanei, Mostafa ^a   Moqadam, Farhad Akbari ^a   Mohammad, Mehdi Mir ^a   Aslani, Jafar ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air trapping; Bronchiolitis obliterans; High resolution computerized tomography; Mustard gas; Tracheobronchomalacia

Indexed keywords

MUSTARD GAS;

ADULT; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; BRONCHOMALACIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TRACHEOMALACIA; VICTIM;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSTARD GAS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRACHEAL DISEASES;

EID: 32144457520     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200502-247OC     Document Type: Review

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