Indicators for the finger doses in interventional radiology

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 164-166

  Stranden, Erling ^a   Seske, Tonje ^b   Widmark, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; FINGER; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOLOGIST; SCREENING; SURGEON; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

FINGERS; HUMANS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37449001080     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm203     Document Type: Article

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