Education and experience improve transbronchial needle aspiration performance

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1998-2002

  Haponik, Edward F ^a   Cappellari, James O ^b   Chin, Robert ^b   Adair, Norman E ^b   Lykens, Michael ^b   Alford, Peter T ^b   Bowton, David L ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; STAFF TRAINING; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0029009377     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.151.6.7767550     Document Type: Article

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