Radiation injuries after fluoroscopic procedures

Seminars in Ultrasound CT and MRI

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 428-442

  Mettler Jr , Fred A ^a,b,c   Koenig, Titus R ^a,b,c   Wagner, Louis K ^a,b,c   Kelsey, Charles A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CANCER RISK; CATARACT; COLLIMATOR; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SKIN GRAFT; THYROID CANCER; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0036817715     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2171(02)90014-4     Document Type: Article

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