Assessment of radiation dose awareness among pediatricians

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 823-832

  Thomas, Karen E ^a   Parnell Parmley, June E ^a   Haidar, Salwa ^b   Moineddin, Rahim ^c   Charkot, Ellen ^a   BenDavid, Guila ^a   Krajewski, Connie ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

ALARA principle; Pediatrician survey; Radiation dose awareness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK;

EID: 33746507880     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0170-x     Document Type: Article

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