Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging: A Wake-up Call for Oman!

Overview

Journal Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2011 Apr 22

PMID 21509203

Citations 6

Authors

Lamk Al-Lamki

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