Introduction to seminar in radiation dose reduction

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 707-708

  Slovis, Thomas L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036935465     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-002-0795-3     Document Type: Article

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