How safe is safe? Risk in radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-322

  Ford, Eric C ^a   Terezakis, Stephanie ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HEART SURGERY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; AVIATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AVIATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEW YORK; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956535584     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.04.047     Document Type: Editorial

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