Some current legal issues that may affect oral and maxillofacial radiology: Part 1. Basic principles in digital dental radiology

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 409-414

  MacDonald Jankowski, David S ^a   Orpe, Elaine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RECORD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; TELERADIOLOGY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

CANADA; DATA COMPRESSION; DATA DISPLAY; DENTAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; RADIOLOGY; TELERADIOLOGY;

EID: 34250024255     PISSN: 07098936     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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