Radiation exposure to the surgeon during femoral interlocking nailing under fluoroscopic imaging

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. C, 2005, Pages 26-29

  Tengku Muzaffar, T S ^a   Imran, Y ^a   Iskandar, M A ^a   Zakaria, A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Exposure; Femur; Interlocking nailing; Radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649165384     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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