A study of mean glandular dose during diagnostic mammography in Malaysia and some of the factors affecting it

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 904, 2003, Pages 238-245

  Jamal, N ^a   Ng, K H ^b   McLean, D ^c  

^a MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FILM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MAMMARY GLAND; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDIAN TEST; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; OPTICAL DENSITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; X RAY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 0037650183     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/66428508     Document Type: Article

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