The output display standard: Has it missed its target?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-214

  Marsal K ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPHYSICS; DATA DISPLAY; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SAFETY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 15944397625     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1864     Document Type: Editorial

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