Stimulants and the lung: Review of literature

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-100

  Tseng, Will ^a   Sutter, Mark E ^b   Albertson, Timothy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar hemorrhage; Amphetamine; BOOP; Cocaethylene; Cocaine; Crack; Ecstasy; Foreign body; Inhaled stimulant; Levamisole; MDMA; Methamphetamine; Methylecgonidine; Methylenedioxymethamphetamine; Midline destructive lesions; Pneumomediastinum; Pneumothorax; Pneumotoxicity; Pulmonary edema; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; GRANULOMA, RESPIRATORY TRACT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IMMUNIZATION; LUNG; NASAL SEPTAL PERFORATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84894487000     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-013-8376-9     Document Type: Review

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