Ionizing radiation - Understanding and acceptance

Health Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 375-382

  Mihai, Laurentiu Teodor ^a   Milu, Constantin ^a   Voicu, Bogdan ^b   Enachescu, Dan ^c  

^a Romanian Society for Radiation Protection   (Romania)

^b Institute for Quality of Life Research (ICCV)   (Romania)

^c CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Education, health physics; Radiation, ionizing; Risk communication; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COMPREHENSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; ROMANIA; SAFETY; SCHOOL; UNIVERSITY; WORKER; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 25144515473     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000175159.90986.e9     Document Type: Review

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