CT scans in childhood and risk of leukaemia and brain tumours

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9855, 2012, Pages 1737-1738

  Goske, Marilyn ^a   Applegate, Kimberly ^b   Frush, Don ^c   Schulman, Marta Hernanz ^d   Morrison, Gregory ^e  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 84869000996     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61985-0     Document Type: Letter

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