Incidence and recognition of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis in developing countries

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 378-383

  Jindal, Surinder K ^a   Gupta, Dheeraj ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TUMOR; REVIEW;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 0031225747     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199709000-00011     Document Type: Article

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