International project on individual monitoring and radiation exposure levels in interventional cardiology

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 144, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 437-441

  Padovani, R ^a   Le Heron, J ^b   Cruz Suarez, R ^b   Duran, A ^c   Lefaure, C ^b   Miller, D L ^d   Sim, H K ^e   Vano, E ^f   Rehani, M ^b   Czarwinski, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c University Hospital   (Uruguay)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

CARDIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79953763670     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq326     Document Type: Article

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