An imported case of e-cigarette or vaping associated lung injury in Barcelona

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2020, Pages

  Casanova, Gherzon Simón ^a   Amaro, Rosanel ^a   Soler, Néstor ^a,b,c   Sánchez, Marcelo ^a,b   Badía, Joan Ramón ^a,b,c   Barberà, Joan Albert ^a,b,c   Agustí, Alvar ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CRACKLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG INJURY; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VAPING; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ILLINOIS; WISCONSIN;

ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LUNG INJURY; VAPING; WISCONSIN;

EID: 85079085820     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02076-2019     Document Type: Letter

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