Stray radiation in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 183-188

  Balter, S ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; HAND; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOLOGIST; SURGICAL GLOVE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0035031264     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006468     Document Type: Article

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