Operator exposure to scatter radiation from a portable hand-held dental radiation emitting device (Aribex™ NOMAD™) while making 915 intraoral dental radiographs

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 415-421

  Danforth, Robert A ^a   Herschaft, Edward E ^a   Leonowich, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Maximum permissive dose; Portable radiation emitting device; Radiation exposure; Radiation safety

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIATION SCATTERING; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 60849129447     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00960.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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