A study of the personal radiation dose received by nuclear medicine technologists working in a dedicated PET center

Health Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Robinson, C N ^a   U, P ^a   Young, J G ^b   Wallace, A B ^a   Ibbetson, V J ^b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Prospective Services Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nuclear medicine; Operational topic; Positron emission tomography; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNICIAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOACTIVITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 13744259021     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000147795.74975.7e     Document Type: Article

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