Radiography
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 233-241 , August 2009

The Internet and the medical radiation science practitioner

  • Madeleine Shanahan

      Affiliations

    • School of Medical Science, RMIT University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 9925 7527.
    • ,
  • Anthony Herrington

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
    • ,
  • Jan Herrington

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Received 10 March 2008 ,Accepted 6 May 2008.

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