Dose reduction of intraoral dental radiography in Spain

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 295-298

  Alcaraz, Miguel ^a   Navarro, C ^b   Vicente, V ^b   Canteras, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doses, radiation; Radiography, intraoral, dental; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL FACILITY; DENTIST; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN UNION; LAW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; RADIOLOGY; SPAIN; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 33746070818     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/26405790     Document Type: Article

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