Medical physics in the Nordic countries: The past, the present and the future

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-168

  Muren, Ludvig Paul ^a,b   Petersen, Jørgen B ^a   Hansen, Jolanta ^a   Hafslund, Rune ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DENMARK; FINLAND; HUMANS; ICELAND; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MEDICINE; NORWAY; PHYSICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 60549087943     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802558946     Document Type: Editorial

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