Cost effectiveness of transbronchial needle aspiration

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 332-335

  Crocket, Jennifer A ^a   Wong, Eric Y L ^a,c   Lien, Dale C ^a   Nguyen, Khanh Gia ^a   Chaput, Michelle R ^b   McNamee, Ciaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Mediastinal staging; TBNA; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NEEDLE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0032819731     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1999/508741     Document Type: Article

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