Calculating shielding requirements in diagnostic X-ray departments

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue FEB., 1999, Pages 179-185

  Petrantonaki, M ^a   Kappas, C ^a   Efstathopoulos, E P ^a   Theodorakos, Y ^a   Panayiotakis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT;

EID: 0032969522     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.72.854.10365070     Document Type: Article

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