Status of radiation protection in various interventional cardiology procedures in the Asia Pacific region

Heart Asia

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-24

  Tsapaki, Virginia ^a   Ghulam, Mohammed Faruque ^b   Lim, Soo Teik ^c   Minh, Hung Ngo ^d   Nwe, Nwe ^e   Sharma, Anil ^f   Sim, Kui Hian ^g   Srimahachota, Suphot ^h   Rehani, Madan Mohan ⁱ  

^a Konstantopoulio Hospital   (Greece)

^b National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases   (Bangladesh)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d Choray Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^e Yangon General Hospital   (Myanmar)

^f BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

^g SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

^h KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MALAYSIA; MYANMAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SINGAPORE; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

EID: 79951803625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17591104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ha.2009.001180     Document Type: Article

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