Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 209-213 , July 2009

Evidence-based Practice Journal Club: How We Do It

  • Aine Marie Kelly, MD, MS, MRCP, FRCR
    • ,
  • Paul Cronin, MD, MS, MRCPI, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Paul Cronin, MD, MS, MRCPI, FRCR, Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Radiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, B1 132G Taubman Center/5302, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5302

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 This work was funded in part by GE-AUR Radiology Research Academic Fellowship.

PII: S0037-198X(09)00031-5

doi: 10.1053/j.ro.2009.03.018

Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 209-213 , July 2009

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