Cancer risks from CT scans: Now we have data, what next?

Radiology

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 330-331

  Brenner, David J ^a   Hall, Eric J ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84867908988     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12121248     Document Type: Editorial

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