Liability of performing CT screening for coronary artery disease and lung cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 837-842

  Berlin, Leonard ^a  

^a RUSH NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0036783731     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.179.4.1790837     Document Type: Review

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