The radiation exposure associated with cervical and lumbar spine radiographs

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 409-412

  Simpson, Andrew K ^a   Whang, Peter G ^a   Jonisch, Ari ^a   Haims, Andrew ^a   Grauer, Jonathan N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae; Lumbar vertebrae; Radiation dosage; X rays

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FILM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58149330830     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181568656     Document Type: Article

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