Paediatric CT scan usage and referrals of children to computed tomography in Germany-a cross-sectional survey of medical practice and awareness of radiation related health risks among physicians

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Merzenich, Hiltrud ^a   Krille, Lucian ^a   Hammer, Gael ^a   Kaiser, Melanie ^a   Yamashita, Shunichi ^b   Zeeb, Hajo ^a,c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857289542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-47     Document Type: Article

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