Is computed tomography safe?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Smith Bindman, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN PERFUSION; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 77954230504     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1002530     Document Type: Short Survey

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