Radiation exposure to personnel performing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 960, 2005, Pages 660-662

  Naidu, L S ^a,b   Singhal, S ^b   Preece, D E ^b   Vohrah, A ^b   Loft, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 27144520855     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.031526     Document Type: Article

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