X-ray imaging of the chest in Switzerland in 1998: A nationwide survey

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1250-1259

  Aroua, Abbas ^a   Bize, R ^b   Buchillier Decka, I ^a   Vader, J P ^b   Valley, J F ^a   Schnyder, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chest CT; Chest imaging; Chest radiography; Collective dose; Dose to the patient; Photofluorography

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDARDIZATION; SWITZERLAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038080077     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1682-x     Document Type: Article

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