President's page: Imaging: Not a black and white issue

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 627-628

  Wolk, Michael J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 13544249728     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.01.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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