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Nuclear medicine training and practice in the UK

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Neilly, B., Dizdarevic, S., Prvulovich, L. et al. Nuclear medicine training and practice in the UK. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 43, 800–803 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-015-3255-7

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