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Zhang, P., Bagby, G.J., Kolls, J.K., Quinton, L.J., Nelson, S. (2005). Alcohol, Infection, and the Lung. In: Friedman, H., Klein, T.W., Bendinelli, M. (eds) Infectious Diseases and Substance Abuse. Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48688-1_15

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