Constrictive bronchiolitis in soldiers [1]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1743-1745

  Zarogiannis, Sotirios G ^a   Matalon, Sadis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AFGHANISTAN; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; DEATH; DRUG EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IRAQ; LETTER; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; TERRORISM; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; VOCAL CORD DISORDER; BRONCHIOLE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BRONCHIOLES; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL;

EID: 80455173525     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1109866     Document Type: Letter

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