Improvements in extremity dose assessment for ionising radiation medical applications

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 28-32

  Ginjaume, Merce ^a   Perez S ^a   Ortega, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CYCLOTRON; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

EID: 52249092259     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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