Downward trends in bronchoscopies performed between 1991 and 1997

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 238-242

  Balfe, David ^a   Mohsenifar, Zab ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bronchoscopy trends; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032807008     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.1.238     Document Type: Article

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