Interventional cardiovascular procedures in Belgium: Effective dose and conversion factors

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 77-82

  Bogaert, Evelien ^a   Bacher, K ^a   Thierens, H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIATION MONITORING; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 55249095311     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn021     Document Type: Article

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