Counterpoint: Are the CHEST guidelines global in coverage? No

Chest

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-15

  Mehta, Atul C ^a   Banga, Amit ^a   Stoller, James K ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG VOLUME; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OXIMETRY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; THORACIC DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THORACIC DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920747985     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-2235     Document Type: Editorial

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