Nuclear medicine practices in the 1950s through the mid-1970s and occupational radiation doses to technologists from diagnostic radioisotope procedures

Health Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 300-310

  Drozdovitch, Vladimir ^a   Brill, Aaron B ^b   Mettler Jr , Fred A ^c   Beckner, William M ^d   Goldsmith, Stanley J ^e   Gross, Milton D ^f   Hays, Marguerite T ^g   Kirchner, Peter T ^h   Langan, James K ⁱ   Reba, Richard C ^j   Smith, Gary T ^k   Bouville, André ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a   Melo, Dunstana R ^l   Lee, Choonsik ^a   Simon, Steven L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NATIONAL COUNCIL ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND MEASUREMENTS   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^k DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^l INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

dose assessment; historical profiles; nuclear medicine; radiation, medical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; TIME;

FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904110278     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0000000000000107     Document Type: Article

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