Investigation of breast dose in five screening mammography centres in Greece

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-346

  Tsapaki, V ^a   Tsalafoutas, I A ^b   Poga, V ^c   Louizi, A ^c   Kottou, S ^c   Koulentianos, E ^a  

^a Konstantopoulio Hospital   (Greece)

^b Agios Savvas Cancer Hospital   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIATION EFFECTS; SECURITY OF DATA; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CRANIOCAUDAL; MAMMOGRAPHIC; MEDIOLATERAL OBLIQUE; RADIATION DOSES; SCREENING MAMMOGRAMS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCREENING; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 51449089494     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/28/3/004     Document Type: Article

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