Overview of double dosimetry procedures for the determination of the effective dose to the interventional radiology staff

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 333-339

  Järvinen, Hannu ^a   Buls, N ^b   Clerinx, P ^b   Jansen, J ^c   Miljanic S ^d   Nikodemova D ^e   Ranogajec Komor, M ^d   D'Errico, F ^f,g  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^e SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SAFETY; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID GLAND;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 55249094336     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn082     Document Type: Review

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