Are we doing more harm than good?

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 966, 2008, Pages 441-

  Pilling, D W ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; LUNG NODULE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST;

CHILD; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 46849086566     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/31457422     Document Type: Editorial

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