Mail survey of dental radiographic techniques and radiation doses in Greece

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 321-328

  Syriopoulos, K ^a   Velders, X L ^a   Van Der Stelt, P F ^a   Van Ginkel, F C ^a   Tsiklakis, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Data collection; Quality control; Radiation dosage; Radiography, dental

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; GREECE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; POSTAL MAIL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARD; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GREECE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0032195169     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600385     Document Type: Article

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