Ionising radiation from diagnostic x rays in very low birthweight babies

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages

  Sutton, P M ^a,b   Arthur, R J ^b   Taylor, C ^b   Stringer, M D ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Alcdical Physics

Author keywords

Ionising radiation; Radiographs; Very low birthweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; X RAY;

EID: 0031846733     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.78.3.F227     Document Type: Article

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