Accident and Emergency and General Practitioner plain radiograph reporting by radiographers and radiologists: A quasi-randomized controlled trial

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 901, 2003, Pages 57-61

  Brealey, S ^a   King, D G ^b   Crowe, M T I ^c   Crawshaw, I ^b   Ford, L ^b   Warnock, N G ^b   Mannion, R A J ^b   Ethell, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PLOTS AND CURVES; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X RAY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037280393     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/68918327     Document Type: Article

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