Inadequacies of repeated radiological examinations in a University Hospital

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 612-617

  Krug, Barbara ^a   Wolters, U ^a   Stutzer H ^a   Lackner, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; MR tomography; Radiology, indications; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOMOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0035498068     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418501127347296     Document Type: Article

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