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Establishing local diagnostic reference levels for computed tomography examinations using size-specific dose estimates

Faisal A. Alrehily, Khalid S. Alqahtani, Marwan H. Aljohani, Nawaf S. Alharbi, Reyan M. Alharbi, Osamah M. Abdulaal, Abdullah F. Alshamrani, Abdulrahman S. Alsaedi, Sadeq H. Al-Murshedi and Fahad H. Alhazmi
Saudi Medical Journal August 2023, 44 (8) 761-766; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.8.20230230

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