Exposure of extremely low birth weight infants to diagnostic X-Rays: A longitudinal study

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 266-269

  Arad, Ilan ^a   Simanovsky, Natalia ^a   Braunstein, Rony ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Extremely low birth weight; Longitudinal evaluation; Prematurity; Radiation; X rays

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 58449129109     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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