Early life radiation exposure: Withholding imaging in pregnancy may be hazardous

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7798, 2011, Pages 613-

  Hodson, Kenneth ^a   Waugh, Jason ^b   Nelson Piercy, Catherine ^c  

^a Northern Deanery   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY PELVIMETRY; FEMALE; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 79955810086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d1486     Document Type: Letter

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