Maintenance hemodialysis patients have high cumulative radiation exposure

Kidney International

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 789-793

  Kinsella, Sinead M ^a   Coyle, Joe P ^a   Long, Eva B ^a   McWilliams, Sebastian R ^a   Maher, Michael M ^a   Clarkson, Michael R ^a   Eustace, Joseph A ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cancer; epidemiology and outcomes; hemodialysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 77957555793     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2010.196     Document Type: Article

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