Timely Follow-up of Abnormal Diagnostic Imaging Test Results in an Outpatient Setting
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.263