Bullous lung disease due to marijuana

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 122-127

  Hii, Su W ^a   Tam, Jeff D C ^b   Thompson, Bruce R ^a   Naughton, Matthew T ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bullous lung disease; Marijuana

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG BULLA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VICTORIA;

EID: 38049115374     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01186.x     Document Type: Article

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