Radiation exposure among patients with the highest CT scan utilization in the emergency department

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 485-491

  Shah, Kaushal H ^a   Slovis, Benjamin H ^a,e   Runde, Dan ^b   Godbout, Brandon ^c   Newman, David H ^a   Lee, Jarone ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Emergency department; Lifetime attributable risk; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84890564353     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-013-1142-8     Document Type: Article

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