Determination of surgeon's absorbed dose in iodine 125 and ruthenium 106 ophthalmic plaque surgery

Ophthalmology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 366-368

  Laube, Thomas ^a   Flühs, Dirk ^a   Kessler, Cecilia ^a   Bornfeld, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; RUTHENIUM 106;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHOROID MELANOMA; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; SURGEON; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0343183192     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00050-0     Document Type: Article

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