Exposure of the thyroid to radiation during routine orthopaedic procedures

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 615-620

  Devalia, Kailash L ^a,b   Peter, Viju K ^a   Madanur, Mansoor A ^a   Braithwaite, Ian J ^a  

^a Orthopaedic Department   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dosimeter; Image intensifier; Radiation exposure; Scattered radiation; Thyroid shield

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SHIELD; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 33751574499     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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