Audit programmes in a diagnostic radiology facility

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 80, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 253-259

  Moores, B M ^a   Connolly, P A ^a   Cole, P R ^a  

^a INTEGRATED RADIOLOGICAL SERVICES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0032426716     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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