Self-referred screening CT scans in an unselected population [3]

American Family Physician

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1156-

  Pelletier, Allen L ^a   Potter, Angela P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ANXIETY; BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; RADIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; THYROID GLAND;

ADENOMA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036791820     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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