European Journal of Radiology
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 2-7 , January 2003

Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT

  • S Diederich

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Marien-Hospital, Rochusstr. 2, 40479 Düsseldorf, Germany. Tel.: +49-211-44002100; fax: +49-211-44002102
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  • D Wormanns
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  • W Heindel

Received 17 September 2002 ,Revised 18 September 2002 ,Accepted 19 September 2002.

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European Journal of Radiology
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 2-7 , January 2003

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