An overview of the use of extremity dosemeters in some European countries for medical applications

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-66

  Donadille, Laurent ^a   Carinou, E ^b   Ginjaume, M ^c   Jankowski, J ^d   Rimpler, A ^e   Sans Merce, M ^f   Vanhavere, F ^g  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^e BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^g BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; IRELAND; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STAFF; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; POLAND; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; WORKPLACE;

EUROPE; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 56349109037     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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