Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 8 , Pages 616-622 , August 2010

Provisional reporting of polytrauma CT by on-call radiology registrars. Is it Safe?

Received 21 December 2009 ,Revised 19 April 2010 ,Accepted 25 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.04.010

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 8 , Pages 616-622 , August 2010

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