Diagnosing lung cancer earlier in the UK

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 756-758

  Hubbard, Richard B ^a   Baldwin, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; LUNG CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956790628     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.145961     Document Type: Editorial

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