Eye lens dosimetry in interventional cardiology: Results of staff dose measurements and link to patient dose levels

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 276-284

  Antic, V ^a   Ciraj Bjelac, O ^b   Rehani, M ^c   Aleksandric, S ^a   Arandjic, D ^b   Ostojic, M ^a,d  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LENS; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERBIA; STATISTICS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERBIA;

EID: 84876984111     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs236     Document Type: Article

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