The impact of socioeconomic status and comorbid medical conditions on ionizing radiation exposure from diagnostic medical imaging in adults

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-63

  Strauchler, Daniel ^a   Freeman, Katherine ^b   Miller, Todd S ^b  

^a JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

access to health care; exposure to patients and personnel; Radiation dose; radiation exposure; socioeconomic factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CUMULATIVE EXPOSURE TO IONIZING RADIATION FROM DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84926231425     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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