Pulmonary effects of marijuana inhalation

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-92

  Howden, Megan L ^a   Naughton, Matthew T ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bullous disease; cannabis; lung function; marijuana; medical marijuana; smoking

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CANNABIS; DRONABINOL;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRONCHITIS; CANCER RISK; CANNABIS SMOKING; CARCINOGENICITY; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG BULLA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PAIN; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHEEZING;

EID: 79952119630     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ers.10.87     Document Type: Review

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