Radiotherapy facilities, equipment, and staffing in Poland: 2005-2011

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 159-172

  Reinfuss, Marian ^a   Byrski, Edward ^a   Malicki, Julian ^b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b GREATER POLAND CANCER CENTRE   (Poland)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Equipment; Radiotherapy facilities; Staffing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGY; POLAND; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RADIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84878209618     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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