Paediatric radiology seen from Africa. Part I: Providing diagnostic imaging to a young population

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 811-825

  Andronikou, Savvas ^a   McHugh, Kieran ^b   Abdurahman, Nuraan ^c   Khoury, Bryan ^c   Mngomezulu, Victor ^a   Brant, William E ^d   Cowan, Ian ^e   McCulloch, Mignon ^f   Ford, Nathan ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^f EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Non governmental organisation; Radiographic equipment; Role extension

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BURN; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CONSULTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; TELERADIOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRASOUND; WORKLOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; X RAY;

AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PEDIATRICS; POVERTY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOLOGY; TELERADIOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79959935010     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-011-2081-8     Document Type: Review

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