Thoracic foreign bodies in adults

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 353-360

  Kavanagh, Peter V ^a   Mason, Andrew C ^a   Müller, Nestor L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foreign bodies; Lung, aspiration; Lung, computed tomography; Lung, radiograph; Lung, trauma

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; MERCURY;

AIRWAY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INGESTION; INHALATION; INJURY; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033000372     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.1999.0196     Document Type: Article

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