Patient peak skin doses from cardiac interventional procedures

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 262-265

  Zontar D ^a,b   Kuhelj, D ^c   Skrk D ^a   Zdesar U ^d  

^a Slovenian Radiation Protection Administration   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d Institute of Occupational Safety   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; SLOVENIA; STATISTICS;

BODY BURDEN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; SLOVENIA;

EID: 77953327184     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq013     Document Type: Article

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