Redundant protective barriers: Minimizing operator occupational risk

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-307

  Challa, Karthik ^a   Warren, Stafford G ^a   Danak, Subhash ^b   Bates, Mark C ^b,c  

^a West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston   (United States)

^b CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Charleston Area Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIATION SHIELD; RISK REDUCTION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BODY BURDEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

BODY BURDEN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WEST VIRGINIA; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 66749150999     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2009.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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