Practical radiation safety and protection for the endoscopist during ERCP

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 552-557

  Campbell, Nicole ^a,b   Sparrow, Keith ^a,b   Fortier, Marielle ^a,b   Ponich, Terry ^a,b,c  

^a University of Western Ontario ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETER; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036548495     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2002.122578     Document Type: Article

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