An assessment of basic treatment equivalent at Cookridge Hospital

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 399-405

  Griffiths, S ^a   Delaney, G ^b   Jalaludin, B ^c  

^a Northern and Yorkshire Clinical Trials and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basic treatment equivalent; Benchmarking; Productivity measurement; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EMISSION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036785131     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/clon.2002.0124     Document Type: Article

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