Radiography
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , February 2006

Successful reporting by non-medical practitioners such as radiographers, will always be task-specific and limited in scope

Received 4 May 2004 ,Accepted 3 January 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2005.01.004

Radiography
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , February 2006

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