The contribution of bone scintigraphy in occupational health or medical insurance claims: A retrospective study

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 804-811

  Versijpt, Jan ^a   Dierckx, Rudi Andre ^a   De Bondt, Pieter ^a   Dierckx, Inge ^c   Lambrecht, Luc ^b   De Sadeleer, Carlos ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Outpatient Internal Medicine Clinic   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Medical insurance claim; Nuclear medicine; Occupational health; Traffic or industrial accident

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE INJURY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOOT; FRACTURE; HAND; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WHIPLASH INJURY; WRIST; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0032764714     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050452     Document Type: Article

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