Flexible fibreoptic bronchoscopy in Basra, Iraq: A 20-month experience

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 226-232

  Taha, A S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEMOPTYSIS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IRAQ; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHEST PAIN; COUGH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; IRAQ; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034157633     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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