Image Gently: Providing Practical Educational Tools and Advocacy to Accelerate Radiation Protection for Children Worldwide

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-63

  Goske, Marilyn J ^a   Applegate, Kimberly E ^b   Bell, Coreen ^a   Boylan, Jennifer ^c   Bulas, Dorothy ^d   Butler, Penny ^e   Callahan, Michael J ^f   Coley, Brian D ^g   Farley, Shawn ^e   Frush, Donald P ^h   McElveny, Ceela ^k   Hernanz Schulman, Marta ⁱ   Johnson, Neil D ^a   Kaste, Sue C ^j   Morrison, Gregory ^k   Strauss, Keith J ^f  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Society for Pediatric Radiology   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^j ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k USA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; DOSIMETRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MARKETING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOMENCLATURE; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; STANDARDIZATION;

CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PARENTS; RADIATION PROTECTION; SOCIETIES; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73949157223     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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