Computed tomographic screening for lung cancer

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1334-1336

  Lock, Michael ^a   Rodrigues, George ^b  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 38849175600     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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