Perceived barriers in the use of ultrasound in developing countries

Critical Ultrasound Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shah, Sachita ^a   Bellows, Blaise A ^a   Adedipe, Adeyinka A ^a   Totten, Jodie E ^a   Backlund, Brandon H ^a   Sajed, Dana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Global health; Public health; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEARNING; ORGANIZATION; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ULTRASOUND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84934283844     PISSN: 20363176     EISSN: 20367902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13089-015-0028-2     Document Type: Article

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