Does cannabis smoking predispose to lung bulla formation?

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-71

  Fiorelli, Alfonso ^a   Accardo, Marina ^a   Vicidomini, Giovanni ^a   Messina, Gaetana ^a   Laperuta, Paolo ^a   Santini, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blister; Lung diseases; Marijuana smoking; Pneumothorax; Pulmonary emphysema

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMPHYSEMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG BULLA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURECTOMY; REOPERATION; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

BLISTER; LUNG DISEASES; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BLISTER; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892730785     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: 18165370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0218492313478954     Document Type: Article

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