The effects of age, sex, lung size, and hyperinflation on CT lung densitometry

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1169-1173

  Gevenois, Pierre Alain ^a   Scillia, Pietro ^a   De Maertelaer, Viviane ^b   Michils, Alain ^a   De Vuyst, Paul ^a   Yernault, Jean Claude ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG; LUNG INFLATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029910593     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.167.5.8911175     Document Type: Article

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