Prevalence of non-cancer-related abnormalities on low-dose spiral computer tomography versus chest radiograph in a screening population [1]

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 190-

  Pinsky, Paul ^a   Freedman, Matthew ^b   Oken, Martin ^c   Kvale, Paul ^d   Caporaso, Neal ^a   Gohagan, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c North Memorial Humphrey Cancer Center   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MORTALITY; PLEURA FLUID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; SCAR FORMATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CICATRIX; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PLEURAL DISEASES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33847058485     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.073288     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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