Pediatric radiation exposure during the initial evaluation for blunt trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 724-731

  Mueller, Deborah L ^a   Hatab, Mustapha ^b   Al Senan, Rani ^b   Cohn, Stephen M ^a   Corneille, Michael G ^a   Dent, Daniel L ^a   Michalek, Joel E ^b   Myers, John G ^a   Wolf, Steven E ^a   Stewart, Ronald M ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; CT; Pediatric; Radiation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BREAST; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GONAD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL REGION; INJURY SCALE; MALE; NECK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX; THYROID CANCER; THYROID GLAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 79952801108     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182092ff8     Document Type: Article

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