Radiological parameters and radiation doses of patients undergoing abdomen, pelvis and lumbar spine X-ray examinations in three Nigerian hospitals

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 923, 2004, Pages 934-940

  Ogundare, F O ^a   Uche, C Z ^b   Balogun, F A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TANZANIA; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; X RAY TUBE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 10044249766     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/55841517     Document Type: Review

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