Radiation exposure as an occupational hazard

EuroIntervention

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 649-653

  Picano, Eugenio ^a   Vano, Eliseo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CARDIOLOGY; DOSIMETRY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84872134257     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV8I6A101     Document Type: Editorial

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