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Radiation exposure from imaging tests: is there an increased cancer risk?

Patricia K Nguyen Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Joseph C Wu Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, 300 Pasteur Drive, Grant Building S140, Stanford, CA 94305-5111, USA. [email protected]; Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, 300 Pasteur Drive, Grant Building S140, Stanford, CA 94305-5111, USA. [email protected]
Pages 177-183 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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