Towards establishment of the national reference dose levels from computed tomography examinations in Tanzania

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-225

  Ngaile, J E ^a   Msaki, P ^a   Kazema, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CT DOSE INDEX; EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) GUIDELINES; SCANNING PROTOCOLS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

DRUG DOSAGE;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD; HOSPITAL; LUMBAR SPINE; PELVIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TANZANIA; THORAX;

BODY BURDEN; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33744970739     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/26/2/006     Document Type: Article

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