CT risks dwarfed by diagnostic benefits

Science

Volumn 332, Issue 6033, 2011, Pages 1032-1033

  Bodenstein, Lawrence ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

APPENDICITIS; CHILD; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79957593468     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.332.6033.1032-b     Document Type: Letter

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