Staff dosimetry in interventional cardiology: Survey on methods and level of exposure

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 100-103

  Foti, Claudio ^a   Padovani, R ^a   Trianni, A ^a   Bokou, C ^b   Christofides, S ^c   Corbett, R H ^d   Kepler, K ^e   Korecova Z ^f   Kosunen, A ^g   Malone, J ^h   Torbica, P ⁱ   Tsapaki, V ^j   Vano, E ^k   Vassileva, J ^l   Zdesar, U ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Luxembourg's Hospital Association   (Luxembourg)

^c NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

^d HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^f Department of Personal Dosimetry ^*  (Slovakia)

^g STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^h ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^j Konstantopoulio Hospital   (Greece)

^k S Carlos University Hospital   (Spain)

^l Laboratory for Radiation Protection in Medicine   (Bulgaria)

^m Institute of Occupational Safety   (Slovenia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; ALGORITHM; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FILM DOSIMETER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION MONITORING;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 55249114392     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn038     Document Type: Article

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