Risk of radiation exposure during PCNL

Urology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-89

  Majidpour, Heshmatollah Soufi ^a  

^a KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Nephrolithotomy; Operating rooms; Percutaneous; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; RADIATION AND RADIATION RELATED PHENOMENA; RADIATION DOSE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOLOGIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78649701342     PISSN: 17351308     EISSN: 1735546X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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