Medical decision making regarding computed tomographic radiation dose and associated risk: The patient's perspective

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1069-1071

  Caoili, Elaine M ^a   Cohan, Richard H ^b   Ellis, James H ^b   Dillman, Jonathan ^b   Schipper, Matthew J ^b   Francis, Isaac R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LETTER; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67249146178     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.139     Document Type: Letter

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