Medical physics aspects of cancer care in the Asia Pacific region: 2011 survey results

Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Kron, Tomas ^a   Azhari, H A ^b   Voon, E O ^c   Cheung, K Y ^d   Ravindran, P ^e   Soejoko, D ^f   Inamura, K ^g   Han, Y ^h   Ung, N M ⁱ   Bold, L ^j   Win, U M ^k   Srivastava, R ^l   Meyer, J ^m   Farrukh, S ⁿ   Rodriguez, L ^o   Kuo, M ^p   Lee, J C L ^q   Kumara, A ^r   Lee, C C ^s   Krisanachinda, A ^t   Nguyen, X C ^u   Ng, K H ^v   more..

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Gono University   (Bangladesh)

^c Ministry of Health   (Brunei Darussalam)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^j National Cancer Centre   (Mongolia)

^k DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Myanmar)

^l BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital   (Nepal)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

ⁿ Department of Nuclear Medicine   (Pakistan)

^o Jose R Reyes Memorial Medical Center   (Philippines)

^p PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^q DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^r National Cancer Institute   (Sri Lanka)

^s CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^t CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^u Hospital K   (Viet Nam)

^v UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BANGLADESH; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERTIFICATION; CHINA; HONG KONG; INDIA; INDONESIA; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PHYSICIST; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONGOLIA; MYANMAR; NEPAL; NEW ZEALAND; PAKISTAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICIAN; RADIATION ONCOLOGY MEDICAL PHYSICIST; REMUNERATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SINGAPORE; SOUTH KOREA; SRI LANKA; TAIWAN; THAILAND; VIET NAM; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84864946933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18235530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2349/biij.8.2.e10     Document Type: Review

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