An improved mouth-piece to prevent environmental contamination during radioaerosol inhalation procedures

Health Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 424-427

  Braga, F J H N ^a,b,d   Souza, J F ^b   Trad, C S ^a   Santos, A C ^a   Ghillardi Netto, T ^b   Elias Jr , J ^a   Hindie, E ^c   Iazigi, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Physics   (Brazil)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Contamination, environmental; Inhalation; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FACE MASK; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0031657547     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199810000-00011     Document Type: Article

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