Frequency of tracheobronchial foreign bodies in children and adolescents

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 368-371

  Siddiqui, Mohammad A ^a   Banjar, Ahmed H ^a,b   Al Najjar, Sami M ^a   Al Fattani, Mohammad M ^a   Aly, Magdi F ^a  

^a AL NOOR SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Bronchus; Children; Foreign bodies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; TRACHEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRACHEA;

EID: 0034173313     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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