SCAI consensus document on occupational radiation exposure to the pregnant cardiologist and technical personnel

EuroIntervention

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 866-874

  Best, Patricia J M ^a   Skelding, Kimberly A ^b   Mehran, Roxana ^c   Chieffo, Alaide ^d   Kunadian, Vijayalakshmi ^e   Madan, Mina ^f   Mikhail, Ghada W ^g   Mauri, Fina ^h   Takahashi, Saeko ⁱ   Honye, Junko ⁱ   Hernández Antolín, Rosana ^j   Weiner, Bonnie H ^k  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

ⁱ SHONAN KAMAKURA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^k SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Diagnostic cardiac catheterisation percutaneous coronary intervention; Radiation physics

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGIST; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; FETUS RISK; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION SAFETY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION;

ABNORMALITIES, RADIATION-INDUCED; ADULT; CARDIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 79954497855     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV6I7A148     Document Type: Review

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