Research ArticleOriginal Research

Incidental Computer Tomography Radiologic Findings through Research Participation in the North Texas Healthy Heart Study

Anna Espinoza, Kendra Malone, Elizabeth Balyakina, Kimberly G. Fulda and Roberto Cardarelli
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2014, 27 (3) 314-320; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.03.130250

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