Friday, 4 October 2019

PRO/EDR> Vaping-related illness - North America (02): USA, update

Respiratory Illness -- United States
1. Butt YM, Smith ML, Tazelaar HD, et al. Pathology of vaping-associated lung injury. N Engl J Med. 2019; .]
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[The substance, be it liquid nicotine, THC, flavors, or oils could certainly burn a lung or look like chemical damage, as the vapor is essentially a hot liquid minute particle being inhaled. It is warmer by some degrees than the body temperature and the lungs are sensitive organs. - Mod.TG]
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Date: Fri 27 Sep 2019 9:29 AM

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