Radiation-induced eye lens changes and risk for cataract in interventional cardiology

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 168-171

  Ciraj Bjelac, O ^a   Rehani, M ^b   Minamoto, A ^c   Sim, K H ^d   Liew, H B ^d   Vano, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cataract risk; Cataract risk to nurse; Interventional cardiology; Lens opacity cath lab staff; Posterior subcapsular cataract (psc)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POSTERIOR LENS CAPSULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION CATARACT; RADIOLOGIST; SLIT LAMP; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOLOGY; CATARACT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOLOGY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84868232968     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342458     Document Type: Article

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