Trends in radiation exposure from clinical nuclear medicine procedures in Shanghai, China

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 331-336

  Yi, Yanling ^a   Zheng, Junzheng ^b   Zhuo, Weihai ^a   Gao, Linfeng ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

administered activities; frequency; nuclear medicine; population exposure; Shanghai

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE 18; IODINE 125; IODINE 131; PHOSPHORUS 32; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SAMARIUM 153; STRONTIUM 89; TECHNETIUM 99M; YTTRIUM 90;

ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CHINA; HUMAN; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SPLEEN SCINTISCANNING; TREND STUDY;

CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84856084152     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32834f2a28     Document Type: Article

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