Correlation of patient maximum skin doses in cardiac procedures with various dose indicators

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-24

  Domienik, J ^a   Papierz, S ^a   Jankowski, J ^a,c   Peruga, J Z ^b   Werduch, A ^c   Religa, W ^d  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^d Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION SAFETY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SKIN;

EID: 57849161455     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn247     Document Type: Article

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