Aging of the Lungs in Asymptomatic Lifelong Nonsmokers: Findings on HRCT

Lung

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 283-290

  Winter, Daniel H ^a,b   Manzini, Marcos ^a   Salge, João Marcos ^a   Busse, Alexandre ^a   Jaluul, Omar ^a   Jacob Filho, Wilson ^a   Mathias, Wilson ^a   Terra Filho, Mário ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; High resolution computed tomography; Lung; Normal

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG CYST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; URBAN POPULATION; ADULT; AGE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CYST; LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BRONCHIECTASIS; CYSTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84925263218     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: 14321750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-015-9700-3     Document Type: Article

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