Elements of danger - The case of medical imaging

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 841-843

  Lauer, Michael S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

EID: 69349099317     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0904735     Document Type: Article

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