Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 7 , Pages 690-698 , July 2009

Are UK radiologists satisfied with the training and support received in suspected child abuse?

  • R.S. Leung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
    • ,
  • C. Nwachuckwu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Whipps Cross Hospital, London, UK
    • ,
  • A. Pervaiz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
    • ,
  • C. Wallace

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Royal Liverpool Childrens NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK
    • ,
  • C. Landes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Royal Liverpool Childrens NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK
    • ,
  • A.C. Offiah

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: A. C. Offiah, Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UK. Tel.: +44 20 74059200x8179; fax: +44 20 78298665.

Received 21 November 2008 ,Revised 6 February 2009 ,Accepted 16 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.02.012

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 7 , Pages 690-698 , July 2009

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