Attitudes of United Kingdom rheumatologists to musculoskeletal ultrasound practice and training

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1381-1383

  Cunnington, Joanna ^a,b   Platt, Philip ^b   Raftery, Graham ^b   Kane, David ^a,b,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCULOSKELETAL DIAGNOSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JOINTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 34848819487     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.065466     Document Type: Article

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