Are restrictions to behaviour of patients required following fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographic studies?

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-128

  Cronin, Bernadette ^a   Marsden, Paul K ^a   O'Doherty, Michael J ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorodeoxyglucose; Positron emission tomography; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CHILD HEALTH; DOSIMETRY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION PROTECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHOLE BODY TOMOGRAPHY; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TRAVEL;

EID: 0033035086     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050367     Document Type: Article

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