Cannabis and the lung

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1036-1037

  Lange, Peter ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BENZENE; CANNABIS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARCINOGEN; CIGARETTE SMOKE; CYANIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

BRONCHODILATATION; CANCER RISK; CANNABIS SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CARE; SPUTUM; WHEEZING;

HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MARIJUANA SMOKING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 36749004236     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2007.084830     Document Type: Editorial

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