Analysis of current practice of CT examinations

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-301

  Hansen, Jolanta ^a   Jurik, Anne Grethe ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549108924     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802266714     Document Type: Article

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