Radiation exposure of the hands and thyroid gland during percutaneous wiring of wrist and hand procedures

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-198

  Bahari, Syah ^a,b   Morris, Seamus ^a   Broe, David ^a   Taylor, Colm ^a   Lenehan, Brian ^a   McElwain, John ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Portmarnock Co   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Hand; Radiation exposure; Wiring procedures; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HAND; HUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION SHIELD; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID GLAND; WRIST;

FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HAND; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; THYROID GLAND; TIME FACTORS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 33646523172     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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