Radiation exposure of patients undergoing nuclear medicine procedures in Germany between 1996 and 2000: Multicenter evaluation of age and gender-specific patient data

NuklearMedizin

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 119-130

  Hacker, Marcus ^a,c   Schnell Inderst, P ^a   Nosske D ^b   Weiss, M ^a   Stamm Meyer, A ^b   Brix, G ^b   Hahn, K ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Applications; Effective dose; Radiation exposure; Radiopharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; EDETATE CHROMIUM CR 51; IODINE 125; IODINE 131; IODOHIPPURATE SODIUM I 123; MERTIATIDE TC 99M; PENTETATE INDIUM IN 113M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; KIDNEY; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THYROID GLAND; TUMOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IONIZING RADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 23944506065     PISSN: 00295566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1625201     Document Type: Article

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