Determination of entrance skin doses and organ doses for medical X ray examinations

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 85, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 417-420

  Tung, C J ^a   Cheng, C Y ^a   Chao, T C ^a   Tsai, H Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; SAFETY; SKIN; STANDARD; TAIWAN; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; X RAY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0032781962     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032886     Document Type: Conference Paper

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