Doctors' knowledge of radiation - A two-centre study and historical comparison

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 748-751

  Bosanquet, D C ^a   Green, G ^b   Bosanquet, A J ^a   Galland, R B ^b   Gower Thomas, K ^a   Lewis, M H ^a  

^a ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 79959713468     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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