Impact of a lead glass screen on scatter radiation to eyes and hands in interventional cardiologists

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-23

  Maeder, Micha ^a,c   Brunner La Rocca, Hans Peter ^b   Wolber, Thomas ^a   Ammann, Peter ^a,b   Roelli, Hans ^a   Rohner, Franziska ^a   Rickli, Hans ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Division of Cardiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Dose area product; Dosimetry; Eye lens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; DOSIMETRY; EYE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; LENS; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIATION SHIELD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

AGED; EYE; FEMALE; HAND; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 30344464061     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20457     Document Type: Article

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