Cumulative radiation dose in patients admitted with subarachnoid hemorrhage: A prospective study using a self-developing film badge

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1787-1790

  Mamourian, Alexander C ^a   Young, H ^a   Stiefel, M F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; X RAY; X RAY FILM;

AGED; FEMALE; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; SKIN; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 78649647541     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2192     Document Type: Article

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