Cannabis and the lung

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 328-334

  Reid, P T ^a   Macleod, J ^b   Robertson, J R ^c  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Muirhouse Medical Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Lung cancer; Pneumothorax; Smoking; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANNABIS SMOKING; CARCINOGENESIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CANNABIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79551623139     PISSN: 14782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4997/JRCPE.2010.417     Document Type: Article

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