An estimation of the annual effective dose to the Canadian population from medical CT examinations

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-137

  Chen, Jing ^a   Moir, Deborah ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT SCAN; EFFECTIVE DOSE; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; MULTI-DETECTORS; ONTARIO; PER CAPITA; RADIATION DOSE;

DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIATION PROTECTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CANADA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

BODY BURDEN; CANADA; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 77953604719     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/30/2/002     Document Type: Article

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