ESHO quality assurance guidelines for regional hyperthermia

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-133

  Lagendijk, J J W ^a   Van Rhoon, G C ^b   Hornsleth, S N ^c   Wust, P ^d   De Leeuw, A C C ^a   Schneider, C J ^e   Van Dijk, J D P ^e   Van Der Zee, J ^b   Van Heek Romanowski, R ^f   Rahman, S A ^g   Gromoll, C ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^g LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; DOCUMENTATION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 7144227922     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02656739809018219     Document Type: Article

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