Exposure of the French paediatric population to ionising radiation from diagnostic medical procedures in 2010

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1588-1594

  Etard, Cécile ^a   Aubert, Bernard ^a   Mezzarobba, Myriam ^a   Bernier, Marie Odile ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Computed tomography; Effective dose; Ionising radiation; Paediatric radiology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL RADIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETON; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 84911805755     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-014-3065-2     Document Type: Article

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