Alcohol
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 191-197 , July 2004

Chronic ethanol ingestion and the risk of acute lung injury: a role for glutathione availability?

Received 9 March 2004 ,Revised 30 July 2004 ,Accepted 5 August 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.08.002

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