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Excess of radiation burden for young testicular cancer patients using automatic exposure control and contrast agent on whole-body computed tomography imaging

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|Feb 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raon-2017-0012 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 235 - 240
Submitted on: Jul 28, 2016
Accepted on: Feb 3, 2017
Published on: Feb 26, 2017
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2017 Hannele Niiniviita, Jarmo Kulmala, Tuukka Pölönen, Heli Määttänen, Hannu Järvinen, Eeva Salminen, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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