Pediatricians' awareness of diagnostic medical radiation effects and doses: Are the latest efforts paying off?

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-86

  Ekşiǒlu, Ayşe Seçil ^a   Üner, Çiǧdem ^b  

^a DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children bull; Continuing education; Radiation dosage bull; Radiation effects bull; Survey methodology bull

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RESIDENT;

CHILD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84855472284     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.4391-11.1     Document Type: Article

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