Ionising radiation in diagnosis: Do the risks outweigh the benefits?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 743-747

  Roebuck, Derek J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ENEMA; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029895711     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb122275.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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