Pulmonary manifestations of inhaled street drugs
| Autor: | Frank Tamarin, Hilda O'Neil, Monroe Karetzky, Robert D. Brandstetter, Roxana Cruz, Mechery Davis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Lung Diseases
Narcotics Drug Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Street drugs Phencyclidine Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Methamphetamine Cocaine Administration Inhalation Humans Medicine Inhalation drug abuse Intensive care medicine Cannabis media_common Asthma Inhalation Illicit Drugs business.industry Respiratory disease medicine.disease Metamfetamine humanities Lung disease Anesthesia business Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine |
| Zdroj: | Heart & Lung. 27:297-307 |
| ISSN: | 0147-9563 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0147-9563(98)70001-9 |
| Popis: | S ince 1611, when the Jamestown colonists first harvested tobacco, America has witnessed almost 4 centuries of inhalation drug abuse. The first general misuse of tobacco and drugs (opiates) occurred during the 16th century, when these substances were used as a substitute for legal currency.1 Drug scares have come and gone in cycles. Today, America is in the midst of its third war against illicit drugs, and it may not be the last. During the 19th century, certain mood-altering substances, such as opiates and cocaine, were often regarded as compounds helpful in everyday |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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