Don't lose the forest for the trees: Satisfaction and success in bronchoscopy

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1306-1307

  Mehta, Atul C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BRONCHOSCOPY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

EID: 0037111340     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200208-895IE     Document Type: Editorial

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