Radiation doses received by premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit;Doses d'irradiation reçues par les prématurés en service de réanimation

Journal de Radiologie

Volumn 86, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 143-149

  Thierry Chef, I ^a,b   Maccia, C ^a   Laurier, D ^b   Tirmarche, M ^b   Costil, J ^c  

^a Ctr d'Assur Qual Applic Technol   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chest radiographs; Dosimetry; Irradiation; Pediatric radiology; Premature babies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; EUROPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 14644444600     PISSN: 02210363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0221-0363(05)81334-4     Document Type: Article

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