Providing Optimal Radiology Service in the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak: Use of Mobile CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-60

  Parmar, Hemant A ^a   Lim, Tchoyoson C C ^a   Goh, Jeffrey Seow Kuang ^b   Tan, Jau Tsair ^a   Sitoh, Yih Yian ^a   Hui, Francis ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOLOGY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0347512010     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.1.1820057     Document Type: Article

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