Has the Mammography Quality Standards Act affected the mammography quality in North Carolina?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1089-1091

  Pisano, Etta D ^a   Schell, Michael ^b   Rollins, Jenny ^c   Burns, C B ^b   Hall, Beverly ^c   Lin, Yuhua ^b   Braeuning, M Patricia ^a   Burke, Eithne ^a   Holliday, Joseph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NC Division of Radiation Protection   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LAW; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034070694     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.174.4.1741089     Document Type: Article

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