Pulmonary Embolism: Lung Scanning Interpretation: About Words

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1551-1555

  Bastuji Garin, Sylvie ^a   Schaeffer, Annette ^a   Wolkenstein, Pierre ^a   Godeau, Bertrand ^a   Carville, Claudine ^a   Durand Zaleski, Isabelle ^a   Meignan, Michel ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Agreement analysis; Decision making; Lung scan; Pulmonary embolism; Reporting language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG EMBOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 0032238426     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.6.1551     Document Type: Article

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