X-ray film interpretation by hospital outpatient departments and primary health care center physicians in Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 629-632

  Basulaiman, Mohammed O ^a   Elzubier, Ahmed G ^b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HANDWRITING; HEAD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0030511905     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.629     Document Type: Article

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