Exposure to Ionizing Radiation From Cardiovascular Imaging and Therapeutic Procedures May Be a Considerable Unrecognized Risk for Subsequent Cancer Development

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 694-695

  Karatzis, Emmanouil N ^a   Danias, Peter G ^b  

^a HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 44349114931     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.12.012     Document Type: Note

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