In-flight radiation exposure during pregnancy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1326-1330

  Barish, Robert J ^a,b  

^a LENOX HILL HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Apartment 12G ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALTITUDE; AVIATION; COSMIC RADIATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; STANDARD; SUN; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR;

ABNORMALITIES, RADIATION-INDUCED; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; COSMIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3042534062     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000126947.90065.90     Document Type: Review

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