The mediastinum - Is it wide?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 183-185

  Gleeson, C E ^a   Spedding, R L ^a   Harding, L A ^a   Caplan, M ^a  

^a WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mediastinum; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; AORTA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY POSITION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY; MEDIASTINUM; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION SCATTERING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAUMATOLOGY;

HUMANS; MEDIASTINUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035682860     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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