Lessons we have learned from our children: Cancer risk from diagnostic radiology

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 700-706

  Hall, Eric J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

A bomb survivors; Cancer risks; Helical CT; Risk vs benefit

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036942687     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-002-0774-8     Document Type: Article

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