Radiation exposure to a pregnant urological surgeon - What is safe?

BJU International

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 683-685

  Birnie, Angela M ^a   Keoghane, Stephen R ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FLUOROSCOPY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NOTE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; UROLOGIST; UROLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RADIATION INJURIES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RADIATION INJURIES; UROLOGY;

EID: 84927910605     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12923     Document Type: Note

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