Assessment of radiation risk to pediatric patients undergoing conventional X-ray examinations

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Issue		Radioprotection Volume 50, Number 1, Janvier-Mars 2015


Page(s)		19 - 25
Section		Articles
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2014023
Published online		09 January 2015

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