The Hidden Costs of CT Bioeffects

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 78-79

  Lee, Christoph I ^b   Forman, Howard P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 38849088047     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.06.013     Document Type: Note

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