Population dose from medical exposure in Taiwan for 2008

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3139-3148

  Chen, T R ^a,b   Tyan, Y S ^a,b   Teng, P S ^c   Chou, J H ^d   Yeh, C Y ^e   E, T W ^e   Shao, C H ^a,b   Tung, C J ^e  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

collective dose; medical exposure; population dose; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; HEALTH INSURANCE; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY;

COLLECTIVE DOSE; DENTAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION DOSE; TAIWAN;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 79958845508     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3592936     Document Type: Article

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