Radiation exposure from CT in early childhood: A French large-scale multicentre study

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1009, 2012, Pages 53-60

  Bernier, Marie Odile ^a   Rehel, J L ^a   Brisse, H J ^b,c   Wu Zhou, X ^a   Caer Lorho, S ^a   Jacob, S ^a   Chateil, J F ^c   Aubert, B ^a   Laurier, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEAD; HUMAN; INFANT; LENS; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM; PELVIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; SINGLE DETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84455194629     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/90758403     Document Type: Article

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