CT radiation risks coming into clearer focus: As we gather more direct evidence of the dose-response curve from childhood CT

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7910, 2013, Pages

  Sodickson, Aaron ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA PROCESSING; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878609915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f3102     Document Type: Editorial

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