Compliance with Fleischner Society guidelines for management of small lung nodules: A survey of 834 radiologists

Radiology

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 218-224

  Eisenberg, Ronald L ^a   Bankier, Alexander A ^a   Boiselle, Philip M ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LUNG NODULE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; TUMOR VOLUME;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950374428     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.09091556     Document Type: Article

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