Stereology: A bridge to a better understanding of lung structure and function

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 477-478

  Brusasco, V ^a   Dinh Xuan, A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b University Paris Descartes ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; EDITORIAL; IMAGING; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STRUCTURE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY;

HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 77951196647     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00005710     Document Type: Editorial

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