Radiation doses to patients undergoing barium meal and barium enema examinations

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-247

  Delichas, M G ^a   Hatziioannou, K ^b   Papanastassiou, E ^a   Albanopoulou, P ^c   Chatzi, E ^d   Sioundas, A ^a   Psarrakos, K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d Larissa Veterinary Clinic   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM DERIVATIVE; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; BARIUM MEAL; COLON; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GONAD; GREECE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; STOMACH EXAMINATION; X RAY;

AGED; BARIUM SULFATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENEMA; FLUOROSCOPY; GREECE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 4344681425     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch047     Document Type: Article

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