Physical development of surgically treated patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 899-902

  Fujino, Shozo ^a   Inoue, Shuhei ^a   Tezuka, Noriaki ^a   Hanaoka, Jun ^a   Sawai, Satoru ^a   Ichinose, Masutaro ^a   Kontani, Keiichi ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Height; Physical development; Pulmonary spontaneous pneumothorax; Rohrer's index; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX PRESSURE;

EID: 0032692775     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.4.899     Document Type: Article

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