Anticipation of radiation dose to the conceptus from occupational exposure of pregnant staff during fluoroscopically guided electrophysiological procedures

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 773-780

  Damilakis, John ^a   Perisinakis, Kostas ^a   Theocharopoulos, Nicholas ^a,b   Tzedakis, Antonios ^a   Manios, Emmanouel ^a   Vardas, Panayiotis ^a   Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Embryo; Fetus; Occupational exposure; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WORKLOAD;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 22244447750     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.40727.x     Document Type: Article

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