Radiography
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 63-69 , February 2009

An analysis of changes in practice introduced during an educational programme for practitioner-led swallowing investigations

Received 23 June 2007 ,Revised 12 October 2007 ,Accepted 30 October 2007.

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