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Childhood exposure to ionizing radiation from computed tomography imaging in Nova Scotia

Author(s) -

Mark D. Inman,

Anthony Otley,

Trevor Dummer,

Yunsong Cui,

Matthias H. Schmidt,

Louise Parker

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

paediatrics and child health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1918-1485

pISSN - 1205-7088

DOI - 10.1093/pch/20.7.381

Subject(s) - medicine , nova scotia , population , cohort , radiation exposure , nuclear medicine , ionizing radiation , retrospective cohort study , malignancy , computed tomography , pediatrics , radiology , surgery , environmental health , irradiation , physics , nuclear physics , archaeology , history

Examining radiation dose in the paediatric population is particularly important due to the vulnerability of paediatric patients (increased radiosensitive tissues and postexposure life-years) and risk for future radiogenic malignancy.

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