Items Tagged ‘radiation’
August 27, 2009
Exposure to Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation from Medical Imaging Procedures
The growing use of imaging procedures in the United States has raised concerns about exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation in the general population. We identified 952,420 nonelderly adults (between 18 and 64 years of age) in five health care markets across the United States between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2007. Utilization data […]
Tags: medical imaging, radiation, Radiology