The respiratory health benefits of quitting cannabis use

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-4

  Tashkin, Donald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DRONABINOL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRWAY; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CANNABIS SMOKING; CANNABIS USE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; ERYTHEMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GOBLET CELL HYPERPLASIA; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; HYPERPLASIA; INHALATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EDEMA; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPUTUM; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; SYMPTOM; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; WHEEZING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

CANNABIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SMOKING;

EID: 84937402005     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00034515     Document Type: Editorial

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