Radiation exposure in extremely low birth weight infants during their neonatal intensive care unit stay

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-178

  Iyer, Narayan Prabhu ^a   Baumann, Amy ^a   Rzeszotarski, Mark Stephen ^a   Ferguson, Robert Donald ^a   Mhanna, Maroun Jean ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

entrance skin exposure; extremely low birth weight infants; radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878144143     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: 18670687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-013-0417-1     Document Type: Article

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