Patterns and trends of pediatric and young adult computed tomography use in Brazil: 2008-2014

Patterns and trends of pediatric and young adult computed tomography use in Brazil: 2008-2014

ABSTRACT   Computed tomography (CT) is an indispensable imaging technique, but radiation exposure from CT scans is of concern mainly due to the potential risk of developing cancer, mainly in children. Our group recently showed that CT use has greatly increased among outpatients using the Brazilian...

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Main Authors: Ana Cristina Murta Dovales, Tainá Olivieri Chaves, Paulo Roberto Valle Bahia, Marcela Brisighelli Schaefer, Bruna Bonaventura Failla, Lisa Suzuki, Marcelo Valente, Vinicius de Araújo Gomes, Luiz Antônio Ribeiro da Rosa, Mark Stephen Pearce, Lene Holanda Sadler Veiga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR) 2020-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences
Subjects:
computed tomography
pediatric
brazil
ionizing radiation
sus
Online Access:https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/1113
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