Radiation exposure during cardiology fellowship training

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 690-693

  Watson, Linley E ^a   Riggs, Mark W ^a   Bourland, Philip D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Exposure; Medical; Occupational; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CATHETERIZATION; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

EID: 0030931537     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199710000-00016     Document Type: Article

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