Accidental embryo irradiation during barium enema examinations: An estimation of absorbed dose

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 242-245

  Damilakis, John ^a,c   Perisinakis, Kostas ^a   Grammatikakis, John ^a   Panayiotakis, George ^b   Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

dosimetry; Fetus; pregnancy; radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRRADIATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

EID: 0029969297     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199604000-00009     Document Type: Article

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