Radiation exposure and the justification of computed tomography scanning in an Australian hospital emergency department

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 713-719

  Street, Maryann ^a   Brady, Z ^b   Van Every, B ^b   Thomson, K R ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Justification; Lifetime risk; Multidetector CT; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BRAIN; CANCER RISK; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; REVIEW; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71049193136     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01956.x     Document Type: Review

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