Entrance radiation doses during paediatric cardiac catheterisations performed for diagnosis or the treatment of congenital heart disease

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 236-240

  Papadopoulou, D ^a   Yakoumakis, Em ^a   Sandilos, P ^a,b   Thanopoulos, V ^c   Makri, Tr ^a,c   Gialousis, G ^a   Houndas, D ^a   Yakoumakis, N ^d   Georgiou, Ev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GONAD; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THYROID GLAND; TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33645233856     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci755     Document Type: Article

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