Unintentional exposure of neonates to conventional radiography in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 579-585

  Bader, D ^a,b   Datz, H ^c,d   Bartal, G ^e,f   Juster, A A ^g,h   Marks, K ^d,i   Smolkin, T ^b,j   Zangen, S ^d,k   Kugelman, A ^a,b   Hoffmann, C ^f,l   Shani, G ^d   Ben shlomo, A ^c   Margaliot, M ^c   Sadetzki, S ^f,m  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

ⁱ BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^j RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^k BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^l SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^m GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONAD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK REDUCTION; TESTIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 34548314104     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211792     Document Type: Article

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