Radiation exposure during fluoroscopy: Should we be protecting our thyroids?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 847-848

  Tse, V ^a,c   Lising, J ^a   Khadra, M ^b   Chiam, Q ^a   Nugent, R ^a   Yeaman, L ^a   Mulcahy, M ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lead shield; Radiation exposure; Thyroid; Urologist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION SHIELD; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID GLAND; URETER STENT; URETEROSCOPY;

FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION, IONIZING; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0033397053     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01715.x     Document Type: Article

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