Medical radiation exposure and justification at a large teaching hospital: Comparison of radiation-related and disease-related risks;Medizinische Strahlenexposition und ihre Rechtfertigung an einem Großklinikum: Vergleich von strahlungs-und krankheitsbedingtem Risiko

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-70

  Loose, R W ^a   Popp, U ^a   Wucherer, M ^a   Adamus, R ^a  

^a KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Justification; Medical radiation exposure; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUOROSCOPY; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; X RAY; FEMALE; GERMANY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 74249107880     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: 14389010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109616     Document Type: Article

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