Radiation shielding really works, when you use it

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-

  Balter, Stephen ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIATION SHIELD;

EYE; HAND; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 30344438794     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20531     Document Type: Note

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3. Goldstein JA, Balter S, Cowley M, et al. Occupational hazards of interventional cardiologists: prevalence of orthopedic health problems in contemporary practice. Cathet Cardiovasc Interv 2004;63:407-411.
4. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Museum, 1947 Poster, (http://www.orau.org/ ptp/collection/hpposters/hpposters.htm [visited 24 June 2005]).