Exposure of the Swiss population by radiodiagnostics: 2003 Review

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 442-448

  Aroua, A ^a   Trueb, Ph ^b   Vader, J P ^c   Valley, J F ^a   Verdun, F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Diagnostic radiology; Dose assessment; Dose equivalent

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; X RAY;

BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34247147732     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000254846.47107.9d     Document Type: Review

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