Foreign body aspiration into the lower airways may not be unusual in older adults [9]

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1733-1734

  Teramoto, S ^a   Matsuse, T ^a   Ouchi, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHUS FOREIGN BODY; DYSPHAGIA; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031801742     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.6.1733     Document Type: Article

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