International Atomic Energy Agency study with referring physicians on patient radiation exposure and its tracking: A prospective survey using a web-based questionnaire

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Rehani, Madan M ^a   Berris, Theocharis ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REFERRING PHYSICIAN; SELF EVALUATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84869854629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001425     Document Type: Article

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