Radiation exposure to anesthesia personnel: The impact of an electrophysiology laboratory

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1725-1726

  Katz, Jonathan D ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28344448203     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000184039.00652.B8     Document Type: Article

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