Radiation in the cardiac catheter laboratory

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1615-1620

  Partridge, John ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DNA;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; BURN; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; COMPTON EFFECT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY; DNA REPAIR; DOSIMETRY; EMPLOYER; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERYTHEMA; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFLAMMATION; IONIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LABORATORY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SKIN DEFECT; SOLID TUMOR; ULCER; X RAY TUBE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PHYSICS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 28144451370     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.061150     Document Type: Review

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