Medical exposure of the population from diagnostic use of ionizing radiation in Luxembourg between 1994 and 2002

Health Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-162

  Shannoun, Ferid ^a   Zeeb, Hajo ^b   Back, Carlo ^a   Blettner, Maria ^c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Luxembourg)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic radiology; Exposure, population; Medical radiation; Radiation risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSIMETRY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUXEMBOURG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746107957     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000205237.00357.58     Document Type: Article

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