Interpretation of plain chest roentgenogram

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 545-558

  Raoof, Suhail ^a   Feigin, David ^b   Sung, Arthur ^c   Raoof, Sabiha ^d   Irugulpati, Lavanya ^a   Rosenow III, Edward C ^e  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

EID: 84856704234     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-1302     Document Type: Review

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