Radiation exposure and the urologist: What are the risks?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 948-952

  Hellawell, G O ^a,c   Mutch, S J ^b   Thevendran, G ^a   Wells, E ^a   Morgan, R J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Radiation; fluoroscopy; Risk management; Scattering

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ENDOUROLOGY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IONIZING RADIATION; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SCATTERING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; UROLOGY;

EID: 23744487430     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000170232.58930.8f     Document Type: Article

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