Adult reference levels in diagnostic and interventional radiology for temporary use in Switzerland

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 289-295

  Aroua, Abbas ^a   Besancon A ^a   Buchillier Decka, I ^a   Trueb, P ^b   Valley, J F ^a   Verdun, F R ^a   Zeller, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL RADIOLOGY; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 7944234952     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch343     Document Type: Article

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