Evidence-based practice in radiology: Steps 3 and 4 - Appraise and apply diagnostic radiology literature

Radiology

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 342-354

  Dodd, Jonathan D ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC VENOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MESH HEADING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CONTRAST MEDIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; META-ANALYSIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW LITERATURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33846426802     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2422051679     Document Type: Review

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