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Point/Counterpoint. Low-dose radiation as a treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia: A threat or real opportunity?
Article in Medical physics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed.
- The ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the clinical education of Australian medical radiation science students.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2025Article
- Time Reveals the Truth! What Treatments for COVID-19 Were Quickly Abandoned, and Which Methods, Contrary to Popular Belief, Are Still Flourishing?Journal of biomedical physics & engineering · 2024Article
- The Paradox of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why it is More Unethical Not to Investigate Low Dose Radiotherapy for COVID-19.Journal of biomedical physics & engineering · 2022Article
- Coming Out of Nowhere: The Paradox of the Birth of Omicron.Journal of biomedical physics & engineering · 2022Article
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- Low Doses of Radiation Increase the Immunosuppressive Profile of Lung Macrophages During Viral Infection and Pneumonia.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2021Article
- Why Are Physicists Involved in the Studies on the Origin of SARS-CoV-2?Journal of biomedical physics & engineering · 2021Article
- Why Do Some Reports Claim that the Number of COVID-19 Hospitalized Smokers is Smaller than Expected?Journal of biomedical physics & engineering · 2020Article
- A New Look at the LDRT treatment for COVID-19 Associated Pneumonia: The Issues of Antiviral Resistance and Virus Spread-Ability.Journal of biomedical physics & engineering · 2020Article
- Low dose radiation therapy for COVID-19 pneumonia: brief review of the evidence.Physical and engineering sciences in medicine · 2020Article
- Cancerona: Challenges of Cancer Management in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic.SN comprehensive clinical medicine · 2020Review
- Revisiting the Paradox of Smoking: Radioactivity in Tobacco Smoke or Suppressing the SARS-CoV-2 Receptor, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, via Aryl-Hydrocarbon Receptor Signal?Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis SocietyArticle
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