Radiation exposure and dose evaluation in intraoral dental radiology

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 262-267

  Poppe, B ^a,b   Looe, H K ^a,b   Pfaffenberger, A ^a,b   Eenboom, F ^a,b   Chofor, N ^a,b   Sering, M ^c   Ruhmann A ^b   Poplawski, A ^b   Willborn, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b PIUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c Oko Institut eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; X-RAYS;

EID: 34547138915     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl113     Document Type: Article

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