Patient doses and risk evaluation in bone mineral densitometry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-195

  Angelucci, M ^a,c   Borio, R ^a,b,c   Chiocchini, S ^b,c   Degli Esposti, P ^b,c   Dipilato, A C ^b   Policani, G ^b  

^a Umbria Ref Ctr Environ R   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOTON; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0033406721     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032942     Document Type: Article

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