Cardiac catheterisation: Radiation doses and lifetime risk of malignancy

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 370-371

  Vijayalakshmi, Kunadian ^a   Kelly, Dee ^a   Chapple, Claire Louise ^b   Williams, David ^a   Wright, Robert ^a   Stewart, Michael J ^a   Hall, James A ^a   Sutton, Andrew ^a   Davies, Adrian ^a   Haywood, John ^a   De Belder, Mark A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCREENING TEST; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34147194290     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.098731     Document Type: Article

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