Population exposure to ionizing radiation from medical examinations in France

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 963, 2008, Pages 204-213

  Scanff, Pascale ^a   Donadieu, J ^b   Pirard, P ^b   Aubert, B ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCINTIGRAPHY; STATISTICS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; X RAY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOGRAPHY;

DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRANCE; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40749106654     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/24344062     Document Type: Article

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