Cancer risks and radiation exposure from computed tomographic scans: how can we be sure that the benefits outweigh the risks?

Editorial

Rita F Redberg. Arch Intern Med. 2009.

. 2009 Dec 14;169(22):2049-50.

doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.453.

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