Diagnostic radiation exposure in pediatric trauma patients

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages E24-E28

  Brunetti, Marissa A ^a   Mahesh, Mahadevappa ^a   Nabaweesi, Rosemary ^a   Locke, Paul ^b   Ziegfeld, Susan ^a   Brown, Robert ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnostic imaging; Pediatric; Radiation; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79951678242     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e80d8d     Document Type: Article

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