Facing the new threats of terrorism: Radiologists' perspectives based on experience in Israel

Radiology

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-36

  Sosna, Jacob ^a   Sella, Tamar ^a   Shaham, Dorith ^a   Shapira, Shmuel C ^a   Rivkind, Abraham ^a   Bloom, Allan I ^a   Libson, Eugene ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACCURACY; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INJURY; ISRAEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLAST INJURIES; EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; EXPLOSIONS; ISRAEL; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TERRORISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 25144433372     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2371040585     Document Type: Review

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