Radiation safety in children: What we should know;La radioprotezione in pediatria: Che cosa dovremmo sapere

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 83-91

  Tomà, Paolo ^a,b  

^a Servizio di Radiologia   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; RISK; SAFETY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0037693754     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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