inhalation

Example Sentences

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More than 200 crew members were assessed for smoke inhalation and later returned to duty after the fire broke out on 2 March, US officials said.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Some 2,700 people are diagnosed with the aggressive cancer in the UK each year, with the principal cause being the inhalation of asbestos fibres.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Other approaches include sulphur-thermal-water inhalation and enzymatically liberated salmon oil, both of which lowered CRP levels and helped restore the lung's protective barrier.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

He said the good news is that while the primary route of exposure for people of this material is inhalation, the fog droplets are relatively big.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2025

For a century or more after Pott’s discovery there seems to have been little further realization that certain of the chemicals in the human environment could cause cancer by repeated skin contact, inhalation, or swallowing.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson