Physician satisfaction with high-resolution CT services provided by radiologists: Results of a nationwide survey of pulmonary subspecialists

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 585-589

  Scatarige, John C ^a   Diette, Gregory B ^a   Merriman, Barry ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0037370665     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.3.1800585     Document Type: Article

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