Radiation exposure to family and household members after prostate brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 764-768

  Michalski, Jeff ^a   Mutic, Sasa ^a   Eichling, John ^a   Ahmed, S Nisar ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

103Pd; 125I; Brachytherapy; Prostate; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); RADIATION EFFECTS; TUMORS;

PERMANENT BRACHYTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM 103;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LIFESPAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0038281308     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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