Dose Area Product reference levels in dental panoramic radiology

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 283-287

  Tierris, Christine E ^a   Yakoumakis, Emmanuel N ^b   Bramis, George N ^b   Georgiou, Evangelos ^b  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 7944235920     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch341     Document Type: Article

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