Flexible bronchoscopy in children: An open airway

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 576-577

  Gerritsen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ASTHMA; BALLOON DILATATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0141893530     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00084102     Document Type: Editorial

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