Radiation exposure to the hands and the thyroid of the surgeon during intramedullary nailing

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 461-468

  Muller L P ^a   Suffner, J ^a   Wenda, K ^b   Mohr, W ^a   Rommens, P M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SHIELD; SURGEON; THYROID GLAND; TIBIA FRACTURE;

FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FILM DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HAND; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORTHOPEDICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; THYROID GLAND; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032127086     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(98)00088-6     Document Type: Article

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