The occupational effects of interventional cardiology: Results from the WIN for safety survey

EuroIntervention

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 658-663

  Buchanan, Gill Louise ^a   Chieffo, Alaide ^a   Mehilli, Julinda ^b   Mikhail, Ghada W ^c   Mauri, Fina ^d   Presbitero, Patrizia ^e   Grinfeld, Liliana ^f   Petronio, Anna Sonia ^g   Skelding, Kimberly A ^h   Hoye, Angela ⁱ   Mehran, Roxana ^j   Morice, Marie Claude ^k  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^e HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^f HOSPITAL ESPAÑOL   (Argentina)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^h GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁱ CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k INSTITUT HOSPITALIER JACQUES CARTIER   (France)

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Author keywords

Cancer; Lead aprons; Orthopaedic problems; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CARDIOLOGY; CATARACT; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORTHOPEDICS; PREGNANT WOMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VARICOSIS; WIN FOR SAFETY SURVEY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84872131868     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV8I6A103     Document Type: Article

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