The Radiation Injury Severity Classification system: An early injury assessment tool for the frontline health-care provider

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 963, 2008, Pages 232-243

  Kuniak, M ^a   Azizova, T ^b   Day, Richard ^a,f   Wald, N ^a   Suyama, J ^c   Zhang, A ^a,g   Sumina, M V ^b   Pesternikova, V S ^b   Vasilenko, E ^d   Soaita, A ^a,h   Slaughter, D M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Southern Urals Biophysics Institute   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAYAK PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

^h PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICIAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION INJURY SEVERITY CLASSIFICATION; RADIATION SICKNESS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INJURY SCALE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RUSSIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40749137441     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/25373719     Document Type: Article

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