A study on patients' radiation doses from interventional cardiac procedures in Tabriz, Iran

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-380

  Mesbahi, Asghar ^a   Aslanabadi, Naser ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IRAN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 60149102970     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn310     Document Type: Article

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