American College of Radiology White Paper on Radiation Dose in Medicine

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 272-284

  Amis Jr , E Stephen ^a   Butler, Priscilla F ^b   Applegate, Kimberly E ^c   Birnbaum, Steven B ^d   Brateman, Libby F ^e   Hevezi, James M ^f   Mettler, Fred A ^g   Morin, Richard L ^h   Pentecost, Michael J ⁱ   Smith, Geoffrey G ^j   Strauss, Keith J ^k   Zeman, Robert K ^l  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^c RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d University of Florida College of Medicine ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f South Texas Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgery Associates   (United States)

^g USAF/VA New Mexico Region   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^j Casper Medical Imaging   (United States)

^k BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

exposure to patients and personnel; Radiation dose; radiation exposure; radiation risk; radiation safety; radiations

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLLEGE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING; IONIZING RADIATION; JAPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; SURVIVOR; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34247624184     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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