Talcum induced pneumoconiosis following inhalation of adulterated marijuana, a case report

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Scheel, Andreas H ^a,d   Krause, Daniel ^a   Haars, Helmut ^b   Schmitz, Inge ^c   Junker, Klaus ^a  

^a KLINIKUM BREMEN MITTE   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BREMEN OST   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Drug abuse; Energy dispersive x ray spectroscopy; Interstitial lung disease; Pneumoconiosis; Talcosis

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; TALC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INHALATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS;

ADULT; CANNABIS; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; TALC;

EID: 84858121250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-7-26     Document Type: Article

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