Emphysema in heavy smokers with normal chest radiography: Detection and quantification by HRCT

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 60-65

  Sashidhar, K ^a   Gulati, Madhu ^a   Gupta, D ^a   Monga, S ^a   Suri, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

CT; Pulmonary emphysema, smoking; Respiratory function test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036009213     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418502127347457     Document Type: Article

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