Cumulative effective doses delivered by radiographs to preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 882-888

  Donadieu, Jean ^a   Zeghnoun, Abdelkrim ^a   Roudier, Candice ^a   Maccia, Carlo ^b   Pirard, Phillipe ^a   André, Christine ^c,d   Adamsbaum, Catherine ^c,d   Kalifa, Gabriel ^c,d   Legmann, Paul ^c,e   Jarreau, Pierre Henri ^c,e  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b Centre d'Assurance de Qualite ds Applications Technologiques Dans le Domaine de la Sante (CAATS)   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^e université Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

Exposure; Intensive care; Ionizing radiation; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; DOSIMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; ARTICLE; NEWBORN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645031643     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0817     Document Type: Review

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