Does the endovascular repair of aortoiliac aneurysms pose a radiation safety hazard to vascular surgeons?

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 704-710

  Lipsitz, Evan C ^a   Veith, Frank J ^a   Ohki, Takao ^a   Heller, Sherman ^a   Wain, Reese A ^a   Suggs, William D ^a   Lee, John C ^a   Kwei, Stephanie ^a   Goldstein, Kenneth ^a   Rabin, Joseph ^a   Chang, David ^a   Mehta, Manish ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURGEON; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0033786756     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2000.110053     Document Type: Article

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