Reduction of the radiation dose received by interventional cardiologists following training in radiation protection

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-121

  Abatzoglou, I ^a   Koukourakis, M ^a   Konstantinides, S ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; EDUCATION; GREECE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CARDIOLOGY; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; GREECE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84878945923     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs316     Document Type: Article

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