Radiation risks from pediatric computed tomography scanning

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 29-36

  Chodick, Gabriel ^a,b   Kim, Kwang Pyo ^c   Shwarz, Michael ^d   Horev, Gad ^d   Shalev, Varda ^b   Ron, Elaine ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Pediatrics; Radiation risk

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PHYSICS; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77958155040     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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