Uk nuclear medicine survey 2003-2004

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 937-946

  Hart, David ^a   Wall, Barry F ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activities; Collective dose; Diagnostic imaging; Diagnostic reference levels; Gamma cameras; Nuclear medicine; Radioisotopes; UK survey

Indexed keywords

BONE SCINTISCANNING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART SCINTISCANNING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY BURDEN; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 27344459806     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mnm.0000184939.28994.f9     Document Type: Article

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