Patient perceptions of computed tomographic imaging and their understanding of radiation risk and exposure

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Baumann, Brigitte M ^a   Chen, Esther H ^b,c   Mills, Angela M ^c   Glaspey, Lindsey ^a   Thompson, Nicole M ^a   Jones, Molly K ^a   Farner, Michael C ^d  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d South Jersey Radiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; SELF CONCEPT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959378993     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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