Analysis of dose and dose distribution for patients undergoing selected X ray diagnostic procedures in Ghana

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 249-256

  Schandorf, C ^a   Tetteh, G K ^b  

^a Ghana Atomic Energy Commission   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKULL; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; THICKNESS; THORAX; TRUNK; X RAY;

EID: 0031850330     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032270     Document Type: Article

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