Improvement in mammography quality control: 1987-1995

Radiology

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 663-668

  Hendrick, R Edward ^a   Chrvala, Carole A ^b   Plott, Carmine M ^a,c   Cutter, Gary R ^d   Jessop, Nancy W ^e   Wilcox Buchalla, Pamela ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d and Biometr   (United States)

^e AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast radiography, 00.11; Breast radiography, quality assurance, 00.11

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031867319     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.207.3.9609888     Document Type: Article

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