Radiation dose to newborns in neonatal intensive care units

Iranian Journal of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 145-149

  Toossi, Mohammad Taghi Bahreyni ^a   Malekzadeh, Malakeh ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Intensive Care Units; Neonatal; Radiation Dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; IRAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84870319139     PISSN: 17351065     EISSN: 20082711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/iranjradiol.8065     Document Type: Article

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