Marijuana 'bong' smoking and tuberculosis

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 456-458

  Thu, K ^a   Hayes, M ^a,b   Miles, S ^a,b   Tierney, L ^a,b   Foy, A ^a  

^a CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bong; Marijuana; Pulmonary; TB

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LETHARGY; LUNG LESION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84875647644     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12089     Document Type: Article

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