Patient-Friendly Summary of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria: Low Back Pain

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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Radiology

سال: 2018

ISSN: 1546-1440

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2017.08.054