Radiation safety in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: Operational radiation safety

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 347-353

  Balter, Stephen ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Cineangiography; Clothing; Environmental exposure; Health physics; Instrumentation; Interventional radiography; Lead; Maximum permissible exposure level; Occupational exposure; Radiation protection; Radiation scattering; Safety; X rays

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL GLOVE;

EID: 0032977564     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199907)47:3<347::AID-CCD23>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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