Texas atherosclerosis imaging bill: Quiet origins, broad implications

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-283

  Khera, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEXAS;

EID: 79952205263     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.25     Document Type: Note

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