Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 1307-1308 , November 2009

The Cost and Consequence of “Uncertainty”

Received 4 September 2009 ,Accepted 4 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.09.001

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 1307-1308 , November 2009

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