A preliminary evaluation of diagnostic odds in lung scan reporting

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-118

  Gray, H W ^a   Bessent, R G ^a   McKillop, J H ^a  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; NOMENCLATURE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL;

EID: 0031969724     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006231-199802000-00004     Document Type: Article

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