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The true cost of cardiovascular imaging: focusing on downstream, indirect, and environmental costs

To develop a more realistic assessment of costs, herein named “true” costs, the extra-cancer from medical radiation, environmental damage from imaging paraphernalia and radioactive wastes must be included as long-term costs from imaging examinations. It is urgent to define the “true” costs across im...

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Autores principales: Braga, Larissa, Vinci, Bruna, Leo, Carlo G, Picano, Eugenio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3639031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23594829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-11-10