Radiation doses in common X-ray examinations carried out in two dedicated paediatric hospitals

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 348-352

  Yakoumakis, Emmanuel N ^a   Tsalafoutas, Ioannis A ^b   Aliberti, Maria ^a   Pantos, George I ^a   Yakoumakis, Nikolaos E ^c   Karaiskos, Pantelis ^a   Georgiou, Evaggelos K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Agios Savvas Cancer Hospital   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; REFERENCE VALUE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREECE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SKULL; SPINE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; X-RAYS;

EID: 37449013799     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm220     Document Type: Article

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