Radiation safety in the cardiac catheterization laboratory

American Heart Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 375-378

  Bashore, Thomas M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CORONARY ARTERY; EDITORIAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEUKEMIA; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAFETY; SKIN INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; TISSUE INJURY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; NOTE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOMETRY; RISK;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RISK; SAFETY;

EID: 2342445180     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.10.015     Document Type: Editorial

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