Radiation exposure early in life can be reduced by lung ultrasound

Chest

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 730-731

  Cattarossi, Luigi ^a   Copetti, Roberto ^a   Poskurica, Besa ^a  

^a San Antonio Abate Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ATELECTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; IONIZING RADIATION; LETTER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG DYSPLASIA; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; TACHYPNEA;

EID: 79952215353     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-2338     Document Type: Letter

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