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Diseases of the Respiratory Tract in Alcoholics

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The Biology of Alcoholism

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“The following diseases are the usual consequences of the habitual use of ardent spirits—Hoarseness and a husky cough, which often terminates in consumption, and sometimes in an acute and fatal disease of the lungs” (Rush, 1943–1944).

Work supported by United States Public Health Service Training Grant Number 5T1 HE 5862-03 and United States Public Health Service Research Grant Number HE 11932-04.

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Lyons, H.A., Saltzman, A. (1974). Diseases of the Respiratory Tract in Alcoholics. In: Kissin, B., Begleiter, H. (eds) The Biology of Alcoholism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2937-4_12

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