What we know and what we don't know about cancer risks associated with radiation doses from radiological imaging

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1035, 2014, Pages

  Brenner, D J ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84907548392     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: 1748880X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20130629     Document Type: Review

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