Image Gently: Improving health literacy for parents about CT scans for children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-116

  Bulas, Dorothy ^a   Goske, Marilyn ^b   Applegate, Kimberly ^c   Wood, Beverly ^d  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ALARA; CT; Image Gently; Radiation; Safety

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOTE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; X RAY;

COMPREHENSION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149117453     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-1101-9     Document Type: Note

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