It's time to pick the low-hanging fruit

Chest

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-2

  Petty, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0033954155     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.1.1     Document Type: Editorial

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