Skin injuries in interventional procedures

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 8-12

  Rehani, Madan M ^a   Srimahachota, Suphot ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN;

HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SKIN;

EID: 81255179659     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr257     Document Type: Article

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