Prevention of accidental exposures to patients undergoing radiation therapy

Annals of the ICRP

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Ortiz Lopez P ^a,a   Dutreix, A ^a,a   Andreo, P ^a   Landberg, T ^a,a   Cosset, J M ^a,a   Pinillos Ashton, L V ^a,a,a   Yin, W ^a,a   Mettler Jr , F A ^a   Harding, L K ^a   Nakamura, H ^a   Liniecki, J ^a   Guiberteau, M J ^a   Mattsson, S ^a   Valentin, Jack ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Accidents; QA; Radiation protection; Radiotherapy; Safety

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HOSPITALS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY;

STAFF TRAINING;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

COBALT 60;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; COBALT TELETHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035169627     PISSN: 01466453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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