Usefulness of the chest CT scanning for screening of emphysema in 40,924 Japanese undergoing routine medical checkup

M. Fukakusa, N. Nishimura, M. Tsukamoto, N. Uchiyama, K. Oikado, M. Matsusako, A. Hayashibe, F. Kinoshita, N. Chonabayashi, S. Hiramatsu (Tokyo, Japan)

Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Burden of COPD
Session: Burden of COPD
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2621
Disease area: Airway diseases

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