The hazard of scattered radiation in a trauma intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 574-576

  Mostafa, Gamal ^a   Sing, Ronald F ^a   McKeown, Richard ^a   Huynh, Toan T ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedside imaging; Dosimetry; Fluoroscopy; Radiation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTENSIVE CARE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036191398     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200203000-00013     Document Type: Article

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