A profile of Australian nuclear medicine technologist practice

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-90

  Adams, Edwina J ^a   Cox, Jennifer M ^a   Adamson, Barbara J ^a   Schofield, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nuclear medicine demographics; Nuclear medicine staffing; Nuclear medicine technologist practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCINTISCANNING; STANDARD; STATISTICS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHARMACIES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING;

EID: 39149102522     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e3282f1bbbb     Document Type: Article

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