Exercise capacity, lung function, and quality of life after interventional bronchoscopy

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-42

  Oviatt, P Leland ^a   Stather, David R ^a   Michaud, Gaëtane ^b   MacEachern, Paul ^a   Tremblay, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Dyspnea; Lung cancer; Pulmonary function testing; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIROMETRY; THYROID CANCER;

EID: 78651111352     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181f8a298     Document Type: Article

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