Design, recruitment and baseline results of the ITALUNG trial for lung cancer screening with low-dose CT

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Year: 2008
Type: article
Volume: 64
Issue: 1
Pages: 34-40
Citations: 288
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                                    Andrea Lopes Pegna, 
                                
                                    Giulia Picozzi, 
                                
                                    Mario Mascalchi
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Design, recruitment and baseline results of the ITALUNG trial for lung cancer screening with low-dose CT. 
                            Lung Cancer
                            , 64
                            (1)
                            , 34-40.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2008.07.003
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2008.07.003