Evaluation of radiation dose among patients admitted through a university hospital emergency department

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 505-512

  Baker, Kevin S ^a   Shaikh, Mohammed Bilal ^a   Gould, Elaine S ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Chen, Jiansong ^a   Bonvento, Michael ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Admission duration; Effective radiation dose; Emergency department; Radiation; Trauma imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84871331460     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-012-1058-8     Document Type: Article

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