Lung morphology in the elderly: Comparative CT study of subjects over 75 years old versus those under 55 years old

Radiology

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 566-573

  Copley, Susan J ^a   Wells, Athol U ^b   Hawtin, Katherine E ^a   Gibson, Daren J ^a   Hodson, James M ^a   Jacques, Audrey E T ^c   Hansell, David M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CYST; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

EID: 66149150201     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2512081242     Document Type: Article

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