Radiation exposure from work-related medical x-rays at the portsmouth naval shipyard

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 206-216

  Daniels, Robert D ^a,b   Kubale, Travis L ^a   Spitz, Henry B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Dose; Medical surveillance; Occupational exposure; Photofluorography; Radiation; X rays

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROGRAPHY; GAMMA RADIATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; X RAY;

BONE MARROW; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MAINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTOFLUOROGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; SHIPS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; X-RAYS;

EID: 14644390883     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20141     Document Type: Article

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