Exposure to ionizing radiation and estimate of secondary cancers in the era of high-speed CT scanning: Projections from the medicare population

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 245-250

  Meer, Aabed B ^a   Basu, Pat A ^a   Baker, Laurence C ^b   Atlas, Scott W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; CT; Ionizing radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; METASTASIS; POPULATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84926231648     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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