Study on the use of gonadal protection shields during paediatric pelvic X-rays

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 422-425

  Sikand, Manoj ^a   Stinchcombe, S ^a,b   Livesley, P J ^a  

^a KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Lincoln County   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gonad; Paediatrics; X ray

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIOLYSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GONADAL DISEASE; HIP DYSPLASIA; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PERTHES DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PELVIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 0242551419     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403322520852     Document Type: Article

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