Quality, quantity, or both? Life after lung transplantation

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1086-1087

  Snyder, Laurie D ^a,b   Palmer, Scott M ^a,b  

^a Duke University ^*

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; DEATH; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 24944450285     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.3.1086     Document Type: Editorial

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