Use of thoracic computed tomography by general practitioners

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-46

  Simpson, Graham ^a   Hartrick, Garry S ^b  

^a CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Cairns Division of General Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOCUMENTATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; TELEPHONE; THORAX EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34447515206     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01114.x     Document Type: Article

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