Radiation exposure to medical staff in interventional and cardiac radiology

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 71, Issue SEPT., 1998, Pages 954-960

  Vano E ^a,b   Gonzalez L ^a   Guibelalde, E ^a   Fernandez J M ^b   Ten, J I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; EYE; FILTER; FOREARM; FOREHEAD; HAND; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEDICAL STAFF; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SHIELD; SHOULDER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; X RAY;

EID: 0031707419     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.71.849.10195011     Document Type: Article

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