Factors influencing the decline in lung density in a Danish lung cancer screening cohort

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1142-1148

  Shaker, Saher B ^a   Dirksen, Asger ^a   Lo, Pechin ^b   Skovgaard, Lene T ^b   De Bruijne, Marleen ^b,c   Pedersen, Jesper H ^b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Densitometry; Emphysema; Quantitative computed tomography; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DENSITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

AGED; DENMARK; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868576513     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00207911     Document Type: Article

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