Fourth annual Warren K. Sinclair keynote address: The use and misuse of radiation in medicine

Health Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 495-501

  Brink, James A ^a   Goodman, T Robin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Medical imaging; National Council on Radiation Protection; Radiation, ionizing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56149089882     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000326344.60097.4c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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