Chapter and Appendix A

Annals of the ICRP

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-79

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INJURY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PLEURA THICKENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGIST; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 35248843651     PISSN: 01466453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icrp.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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