Occupational Health Hazards in the Interventional Laboratory: Time for a Safer Environment

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Klein, Lloyd W ^a   Miller, Donald L ^b   Balter, Stephen ^c   Laskey, Warren ^d   Haines, David ^e   Norbash, Alexander ^f   Mauro, Matthew A ^g   Goldstein, James A ^e  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Beaumont Hospitals ^*  (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LABORATORY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 67649781522     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.04.027     Document Type: Article

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