Vaping - Seeking Clarity in a Time of Uncertainty

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 322, Issue 20, 2019, Pages 1951-1952

  Baldassarri, Stephen R ^a   Fiellin, David A ^a   Friedman, Abigail S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; NICOTINE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CANNABIS SMOKING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEATH; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VAPING;

EID: 85074950868     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.16493     Document Type: Note

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