Radiation dose profile in 125I brachytherapy: An 8-year review

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-119

  Al Haj, A N ^a   Lobriguito, A M ^a   Lagarde, C S ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ANESTHESIST; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGEON;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CAREGIVERS; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE; EYE NEOPLASMS; GOLD; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETINOBLASTOMA; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN;

EID: 5444220056     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch372     Document Type: Review

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