Radiation exposure issues in orthopaedics

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Giordano, Brian D ^a   Grauer, Jonathan N ^b   Miller, Christopher P ^b   Morgan, Thomas L ^a   Rechtine II, Glenn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; X RAY;

EID: 79961066961     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01328     Document Type: Review

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