Extremity doses of medical staff involved in interventional radiology and cardiology: Correlations and annual doses (hands and legs)

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1223-1227

  Krim, S ^a   Brodecki, M ^b   Carinou, E ^c   Donadille, L ^d   Jankowski, J ^b   Koukorava, C ^c   Dominiek, J ^b   Nikodemova, D ^e   Ruiz Lopez, N ^f   Sans Merce, M ^f   Struelens, L ^a   Vanhavere, F ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^c GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

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

^e SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^f LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Annual doses; Correlation; Dose; Extremity; Eye; Interventional cardiology; Leg; Pearson; Product moment; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL DOSE; DOSE; EXTREMITY; EYE; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY; LEG; PEARSON; PRODUCT MOMENTS;

CATHETERS; EYE PROTECTION; HOSPITALS; MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY; SHIELDING; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

CARDIOLOGY;

EID: 80055068562     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.07.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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