Error and near-miss reporting: View from North America

Quality and Safety in Radiotherapy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 85-93

  Mutic, Sasa ^a   Brame, Scott ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84975239593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b10448     Document Type: Chapter

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