Radiation safety

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages

  Frush, Donald P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD SAFETY; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMMOBILIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

CHILD; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65649152545     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1215-8     Document Type: Review

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