Watchful waiting as a strategy to reduce low-value spinal imaging: study protocol for a randomized trial.

Fenton JJ, Jerant A, Franks P, Gosdin M, Fridman I, Cipri C, Weinberg G, Hudnut A, Tancredi DJ

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DOI: 10.1186/s13063-021-05106-x
Published: 2021 Feb 27
Container: Trials
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s13063-021-05106-x,
  title = {Watchful waiting as a strategy to reduce low-value spinal imaging: study protocol for a randomized trial.},
  author = {Fenton JJ and Jerant A and Franks P and Gosdin M and Fridman I and Cipri C and Weinberg G and Hudnut A and Tancredi DJ},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {Trials},
  doi = {10.1186/s13063-021-05106-x},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05106-x}
}

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AU  - Hudnut A
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JJ, F., A, J., P, F., M, G., I, F., C, C., G, W., A, H., & DJ, T. (2021). Watchful waiting as a strategy to reduce low-value spinal imaging: study protocol for a randomized trial.. Trials. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05106-x

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