Parental knowledge of potential cancer risks from exposure to computed tomography

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 305-311

  Boutis, Kathy ^a,d   Cogollo, William ^a   Fischer, Jason ^a   Freedman, Stephen B ^b   David, Guila Ben ^c   Thomas, Karen E ^c  

^a Division of Emergency Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d University Ave ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer tomography; Parents; Pediatrics; Radiation; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY;

AWARENESS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84882256788     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-0378     Document Type: Article

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