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tion of DRL as an approach to reducing patient doses and health service costs.
Funding
There was no funding from any source for this study.
Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest in relation to this article.
Data availability statement
Data associated with this study will be available upon request.
Author contribution statement
S. Semghouli, M. El Fahssi, designed the study, performed the statistical analysis and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. A. Dahbi, B. Amaoui managed the reviewing and editing. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
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