Epidemiology of spontaneous pneumothorax: Gender-related differences

Thorax

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 653-658

  Bobbio, Antonio ^a   Dechartres, Agnès ^a,b,c   Bouam, Samir ^a   Damotte, Diane ^a,c   Rabbat, Antoine ^a   Régnard, Jean François ^a,c   Roche, Nicolas ^a,c   Alifano, Marco ^a,c  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BULLA; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURAL ABRASION; PLEURECTOMY; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; ADOLESCENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939225098     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206577     Document Type: Article

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