An estimate of the collective dose to the European population from cardiac X-ray procedures

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 972, 2008, Pages 955-962

  Faulkner, K ^a   Werduch, A ^b  

^a Quality Assurance Reference Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY STENT; EUROPE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; PACEMAKER; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; STENTS;

EID: 56749125382     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/74139823     Document Type: Article

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