Carbon monoxide in small doses-a good thing?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1187-1188

  Goldberg, Hilary J ^a,b   Holguin, Fernando ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ACID ASPIRATION; CELL DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DOSE RESPONSE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84887938722     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201309-1615ED     Document Type: Editorial

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