Finger doses for staff handling radiopharmaceuticals in nuclear medicine

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-173

  Pant, Gauri S ^a   Sharma, Sanjay K ^a   Rath, Gaura K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Average radiation dose; Finger radiation dose; TLD

Indexed keywords

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FINGER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIMB; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; WORKER; BODY BURDEN; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BODY BURDEN; FINGERS; HUMANS; INDIA; NUCLEAR MEDICINE DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33846449970     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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