Radiation and chest CT scans: Are there problems? What should we do?

Chest

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 549-550

  Brenner, David J ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SAFETY; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865841803     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-0490     Document Type: Editorial

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