Occupational radiation doses to the extremities and the eyes in interventional radiology and cardiology procedures

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 997, 2011, Pages 70-77

  Efstathopoulos, E P ^a   Pantos, I ^a   Andreou, M ^a   Gkatzis, A ^a   Carinou, E ^b   Koukorava, C ^b   Kelekis, N L ^a   Brountzos, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EYE; FINGER; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LEG; LIMB; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; WRIST;

EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 78650658440     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/83222759     Document Type: Article

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