Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 255-260 , December 2006

In a New Kind of Light: Patient Safety in Pediatric Radiology

  • Donald P. Frush, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Donald P. Frush, MD, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Department of Radiology, 1905 McGovern-Davison Children's Health Center, Box 3808 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
    • ,
  • Karen S. Frush, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

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PII: S1522-8401(06)00080-2

doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2006.08.011

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 255-260 , December 2006

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