Radiation risk to children from computed tomography [9]

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 449-450

  Kirpalani, Haresh ^a   Nahmias, Claude ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

CAREGIVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38849122800     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3394     Document Type: Letter

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