Assessment of effective dose and dose to the lens of the eye for the interventional cardiologist

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-318

  Østbye Lie, Øydis ^a   Paulsen, Gudrun Uthaug ^a   Wøhni, Tor ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 58649094438     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn296     Document Type: Article

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