Medical radiation exposures for diagnostic radiology in Malaysia

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-36

  Ng, Kwan Hoong ^a   Abdullah, B J J ^a   Sivalingam, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diagnostic radiology; Medical radiation; Quality assurance; X rays

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MALAYSIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; STAFF TRAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033028869     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199907000-00007     Document Type: Article

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