What radiation exposure can a patient expect during a single stone episode?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 419-422

  John, Babbin S ^a   Patel, Uday ^a   Anson, Ken ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; UROLITHIASIS; X-RAYS;

EID: 41149174759     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0268     Document Type: Article

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