Estimating nurses’ exposures to ionizing radiation: The elusive gold standard

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 75-84

  Teschke, Kay ^a   Chow, Yat ^a   Chung, Joanna ^a   Ratner, Pamela ^a   Spinelli, John ^a,b   Le, Nhu ^a,b   Ward, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Epidemiology; Ionizing radiation; Occupational exposures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION INJURY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION, IONIZING; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 42149160586     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620701793050     Document Type: Article

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