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A paediatric radiology text for resource-poor settings?

Authors: Kieran McHugh, Laura Ward

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 6/2014

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The world’s poorest children make up a significant part of the global population, yet they are the least likely to get adequate health care, an important part of which is medical imaging. Free Internet access to a paediatric radiology text designed to teach basic ultrasound (US) and radiographic techniques could go a long way toward alleviating that particular problem. This seemingly simple solution, however, isn’t so simple. …

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Title: A paediatric radiology text for resource-poor settings?
Authors: Kieran McHugh
Laura Ward
Publication date: 01-06-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 6/2014
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-014-2924-1

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