Investigation of occupational radiation exposure during interventional cardiac catheterisations performed via radial artery

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 107-110

  Goni, Helen ^a   Papadopoulou, D ^b   Yakoumakis, Em ^b   Stratigis, N ^a   Benos, J ^a   Siriopoulou, V ^a   Makri, Tr ^b,c   Georgiou, Ev ^b  

^a LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HAND; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; STERNUM; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; THYROID GLAND; WRIST;

ANGIOPLASTY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; THYROID GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645220191     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci763     Document Type: Article

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