Frequent body CT scanning of young adults: Indications, outcomes, and risk for radiation-induced cancer

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 501-507

  Zondervan, Robert L ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Sadow, Cheryl A ^a,b   Liu, Bob ^a   Lee, Susanna I ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; health policy and practice; physics; radiation effects; Radiation safety

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENTERITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREATITIS; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTION; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; SARCOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WHOLE BODY CT;

EID: 84928096494     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.12.025     Document Type: Article

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