Risk of ionising radiation to trainee orthopaedic surgeons

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-110

  Khan, Ishrat A ^a   Kamalasekaran, Senthil ^a   Ali Fazal, M ^a  

^a CHASE FARM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic hip screw fixation; Ionising radiation; Trainees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLUOROSCOPY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION SCATTERING;

FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOMS; ORTHOPEDICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84858137760     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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