Abdominal CT and the Euratom Directive

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1567-1570

  Dixon, Adrian K ^a   Goldstone, Karen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; CT; Legislation; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LAW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN UNION; LEGAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; STANDARD;

APPENDICITIS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036597342     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1268-z     Document Type: Article

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