Ethical concerns arising from screening procedures such as mammography and self-referral

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-94

  Faulkner, Keith ^a  

^a Quality Assurance Reference Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ETHICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; X-RAYS;

EID: 67651085168     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncp012     Document Type: Article

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