Estimation of dose and cancer risk to newborn from chest X-ray in South-South Nigeria: a call for protocol optimization
Abstract Background The use of X-ray as a diagnostic tool for complication and anomaly in the neonatal patient has been helpful, but the effect of radiation on newborn stands to increase their cancer risk. This study aims to determine the mean, 50th percentile (quartile 2 (Q2)), and 75th percentile...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2021-03-01
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| Series: | The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s43055-021-00445-w |