Student and intern awareness of ionising radiation exposure from common diagnostic imaging procedures

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-23

  Zhou, G Z ^a   Wong, D D ^b   Nguyen, L K ^b   Mendelson, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Ionising radiation; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77749319394     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2010.02132.x     Document Type: Article

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