Effects of radiation on the lung

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 390-395

  Nonn, Robert A ^a   Gross, Nicholas J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 0030225378     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199609000-00008     Document Type: Article

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