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National protocol for quality assurance in DXA-bone densitometry

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|Apr 2009

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10013-008-0017-x | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
Language: English
Page range: 207 - 215
Published on: Apr 14, 2009
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2009 A. Slavchev, S. Avramova-Cholakova, J. Vassileva, published by Polish Society of Medical Physics
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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