Personnel and patient doses: Are there ethical consequences to the use of X-rays?

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 30-33

  Faulkner, Keith ^a  

^a Quality Assurance Reference Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICAL ETHICS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; X RAY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEART; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; X-RAYS;

EID: 33645214875     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci706     Document Type: Review

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