Neonatal doses from x ray examinations by birth weight in a neonatal intensive care unit

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-162

  Ono, K ^a   Akahane, K ^b   Aota, T ^b   Hada, M ^c   Takano, Y ^b   Kai, M ^b   Kusama, T ^b  

^a Oita Prefectural Government   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Oita Prefectual Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCINTISCANNING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; X RAY;

EID: 0037278220     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006127     Document Type: Article

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