Is computed tomography of the body overused? An audit of 2068 attendances in a large acute hospital

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 818, 1996, Pages 126-131

  Naik, K S ^a   Ness, L M ^a,b   Bowker, A M B ^a,c   Robinson, P J A ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; IONIZING RADIATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDICS; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGIST;

EID: 0030047769     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-69-818-126     Document Type: Article

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