Survey of radiological techniques and doses of children undergoing some common x-ray examinations in three hospitals in Nigeria

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 521-524

  Ogundare, F O ^a   Ajibola, C L ^a   Balogun, F A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

ESD; Pediatric; TLD; X ray

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; HOSPITALS; PEDIATRICS; SURVEYS;

DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE LEVELS; FILM-PROCESSING CONDITIONS; MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; NATIONAL PRACTICES; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; REGULATORY CONTROL; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS;

X RAYS;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

EID: 1642300456     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1644671     Document Type: Review

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