Imaging Pathways: Will They Be Well Trodden or Less Traveled?

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 160-166

  Mendelson, Richard M ^a   Bairstow, Phillip J ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

appropriateness; consensus; diagnostic imaging; evidence based medicine; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649090030     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.09.006     Document Type: Review

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