Issues in medical exposures

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Elliott, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIANS; CLINICAL SITUATIONS; CT SCANNING; IONISING RADIATION; NATURAL COMPONENTS; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; RADIATION DOSE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; UV SYSTEMS; WHOLE BODY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IONIZING RADIATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RADIOACTIVITY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOBIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 69149108619     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/29/2A/S07     Document Type: Review

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