Nasopharyngeal brachytherapy for lymphoid hyperplasia: Review of dosimetry

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 395-398

  Stovall, M ^a   Saftlas, A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTRAUMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MILITARY MEDICINE; OTITIS MEDIA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIUM THERAPY;

EID: 0029958656     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(96)70071-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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