Fine-needle aspiration cytology: A survey of current utilization in relationship to hospital size, surgical pathology volume, and institution type

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-65

  Gupta, Dilip K ^a   Mooney, Eoghan E ^b   Layfield, Lester J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Caseload; FNA; Survey; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033946237     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0339(200007)23:1<59::AID-DC14>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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