Critical Issues in Setting Radiation Dose Limits: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Meeting, 8-9 April, 1981, as Presented at the National Academy of Sciences Auditorium |
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Preface | 1 |
Basic Principles in Choosing Diagnostic TestsDecision Analysis | 18 |
New Approaches to Choosing Diagnostic TestsRadiological | 31 |
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