Radiography
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 230-237 , August 2010

Confidence in the use of information management and technology (IM&T) in radiography: Is age a barrier?

Received 13 August 2009 ,Revised 14 January 2010 ,Accepted 25 January 2010.

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Radiography
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