Ionizing radiation. The question of responsible use: Pandora's box revisited

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 118-121

  Soares, D P ^a,b   Gilligan, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK;

EID: 2942695851     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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