Geographic variation in the utilization of esophagoscopy and bronchoscopy in head and neck cancer

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1203-1210

  Deleyiannis, Frederic W B ^a,b,c,d   Weymulkrjr, Ernest A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030727693     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1997.01900110057008     Document Type: Article

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