Minimizing radiation exposure to the vascular surgeon

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 799-805

  Haqqani, Omar P ^a   Agarwal, Prakhar K ^a   Halin, Neil M ^a   Iafrati, Mark D ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CADAVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETER; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATOR; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURGEON;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CADAVER; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84857637924     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.08.055     Document Type: Article

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