Risk for radiation-induced cataract for staff in interventional cardiology: Is there reason for concern?

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 826-834

  Ciraj Bjelac, Olivera ^a   Rehani, Madan M ^b   Sim, Kui Hian ^c   Liew, Houng Bang ^c   Vano, Eliseo ^d   Kleiman, Norman J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac catheterization; fluoroscopy; lens opacity; occupational exposure; posterior subcapsular cataract (psc)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RADIATION CATARACT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CARDIOLOGY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957078918     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22670     Document Type: Article

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