International action plan on the radiation protection of patients

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 38-42

  Rehani, Madan M ^a   Holmberg, Ola ^a   López, Pedro Ortiz ^a   Mettler, Fred ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b New Mexico Federal Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; STANDARD;

HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 81255163406     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr258     Document Type: Article

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