Radiation protection for your hands

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1416-1420

  Back, D L ^a,b   Hilton, A I ^b   Briggs, T W R ^a   Scott, J ^c   Burns, M ^d   Warren, P ^e  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b South East Thames Rotation ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c BEDFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e James Walker and Co Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glove; Radiation; User friendly

Indexed keywords

TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOVE; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SURGEON;

GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORTHOPEDICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SCATTERING, RADIATION; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 27744605564     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.09.024     Document Type: Article

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