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01-01-2007 | Letter to the Editor

Diagnostic and therapeutic radiation exposure in children: new evidence and perspectives from a biomarker approach

Authors: Lamia Ait-Ali, Ilenia Foffa, Maria Grazia Andreassi

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 1/2007

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Title: Diagnostic and therapeutic radiation exposure in children: new evidence and perspectives from a biomarker approach
Authors: Lamia Ait-Ali
Ilenia Foffa
Maria Grazia Andreassi
Publication date: 01-01-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 1/2007
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-006-0328-6

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