Patient radiation dose during lithotripsy

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue MAY, 1999, Pages 495-498

  Macnamara, A ^a   Hoskins, P ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; RADIATION DOSE; STONE FORMATION;

EID: 0033012155     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.72.857.10505016     Document Type: Article

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