Facts and Controversies About Radiation Exposure, Part 1: Controlling Unnecessary Radiation Exposures

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 924-931

  Damilakis, John ^b   Marx, M Victoria ^c   Macura, Katarzyna J ^d  

^a Jodi)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

deterministic effects of radiation; radiation biology; radiation epidemiology; Radiation exposure; radiation protection; stochastic effects of radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CANCER RISK; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MEDICINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; REFRESHER COURSE;

EID: 84928096577     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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