Radiation cataract risk in interventional cardiology personnel

Radiation Research

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 490-495

  Vano, Eliseo ^a   Kleiman, Norman J ^b   Duran, Ariel ^c   Rehani, Madan M ^d   Echeverri, Dario ^e   Cabrera, Mariana ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Department of Environmental Health Sciences Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c University Hospital   (Uruguay)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^e Fundacin Cardio Infantil   (Colombia)

^f Fundacion Oftalmologica Nacional   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; IONIZING RADIATION; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION CATARACT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGIST; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SLIT LAMP; CARDIOLOGY; CATARACT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOLOGY; CATARACT; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK;

EID: 77957227354     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2207.1     Document Type: Article

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