Issues of computerized tomography scans in children and implications for emergency care

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-233

  Klig, Jean E ^a,b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION;

CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33744810618     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000193319.06322.76     Document Type: Editorial

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