Use of and irradiation from plain lumbar spine radiography in Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 134, Issue 29-30, 2004, Pages 419-422

  Vader, John Paul ^a   Terraz, Olivier ^a   Perret, Laurence ^a   Aroua, Abbas ^b   Valley, Jean François ^b   Burnand, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Lumbosacral region; Radiation dosage; Radiography; Spine; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 4544219831     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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