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The use of breast shielding for dose reduction in pediatric CT: arguments against the proposition

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    Jacob Geleijns

  2. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Jia Wang & Cynthia McCollough

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Geleijns, J., Wang, J. & McCollough, C. The use of breast shielding for dose reduction in pediatric CT: arguments against the proposition. Pediatr Radiol 40, 1744–1747 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-010-1808-2

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