Paediatrician awareness of radiation dose and inherent risks in chest imaging studies - A questionnaire study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 288-293

  Heyer, Christoph M ^a   Hansmann, Jan ^a   Peters, Sören A ^a   Lemburg, Stefan P ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest; Children; Computed tomography; Radiation dose; Radiograph

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ESTIMATION; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SURVEYS;

CANCER DEVELOPMENT; CHEST; CHILDREN; DOSE ESTIMATIONS; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; QUESTIONNAIRE STUDIES; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPH;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 78149357060     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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