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Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 475-476

  Hanley, Michael ^a   Koonce, James D ^a   Bradshaw, Marques L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATOR; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUOROSCOPY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; IONIZING RADIATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; X RAY;

EID: 67649771208     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.01.028     Document Type: Article

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