Radioprotection, doses and risks in the radiological assessment of paranasal sinuses in children, in hospitals of Belo Horizonte, MG

Radiologia Brasileira

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 409-413

  Lacerda, Marco Aurélio De Sousa ^a   Khoury, Helen Jamil ^b   Da Silva, Teógenes Augusto ^a   Lacerda, Camila Maria De Sousa ^a   Carmo, Alexandre Ferreira ^a   Pereira, Márcio Tadeu ^a  

^a CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Organ dose; Patient dose; Pediatric radiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 40449083646     PISSN: 01003984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-39842007000600010     Document Type: Article

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