RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The radiation burden of radiological investigations
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 1127
OP 1131
DO 10.1136/adc.2006.101782
VO 92
IS 12
A1 W Mazrani
A1 K McHugh
A1 P J Marsden
YR 2007
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/92/12/1127.abstract
AB The harmful effects of ionising radiation are widely acknowledged. It has been reported that young children, particularly girls, have a higher sensitivity to radiation than adults. However, the exact detrimental effects of radiation, particularly at the low doses used in routine diagnostic radiography, are unknown and the subject of much controversy. Computed tomography (CT) accounts for about 9% of all radiological examinations but is responsible for 47% of medical radiation dose. Approximately 11% of CT examinations performed are in the paediatric population, but the long-term hazards of CT are unknown.