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Health Equity: What the Neuroradiologist Needs to Know

J.E. Jordan and G.B. McGinty
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2022, 43 (3) 341-346; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7420
J.E. Jordan
aFrom the Department of Radiology (J.E.J.), Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center, Torrance, California
bDepartment of Radiology (J.E.J.), Division of Neuroimaging and Neurointervention, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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cDepartment of Radiology (G.B.M.), Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York
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