Doctors' knowledge of patient radiation exposure from diagnostic imaging requested in the emergency department

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 450-453

  Keijzers, Gerben B ^a,b   Britton, Charles J ^a  

^a GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 78149338617     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03998.x     Document Type: Article

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