Pediatric pelvic imaging: Improvement in gonad shield placement by multidisciplinary audit

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 646-649

  McCarty, M ^a   Waugh, R ^a   McCallum, H ^a   Montgomery, R J ^a   Aszkenasy, O M ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GONAD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; PEER REVIEW; PELVIS; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEAMWORK; X RAY FILM; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034741935     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470100515     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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