Extremity exposure in nuclear medicine: Preliminary results of a European study

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 144, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 515-520

  Merce, M Sans ^a   Ruiz, N ^a   Barth, I ^b   Carnicer, A ^c   Donadille, L ^d   Ferrari, P ^e   Fulop, M ^f   Ginjaume, M ^c   Gualdrini, G ^e   Krim, S ^g   Mariotti, F ^e   Ortega, X ^c   Rimpler, A ^b   Vanhavere, F ^g   Baechler, S ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^e ENEA   (Italy)

^f SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^g BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM;

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FINGER; HUMAN; LIMB; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN;

EUROPE; EXTREMITIES; FINGERS; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 79953763669     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq574     Document Type: Article

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