Special communication - Occupational health hazards in the interventional laboratory: Progress report of the multispecialty occupational health group

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 679-683

  Miller, Donald L ^a,b   Klein, Lloyd W ^c   Balter, Stephen ^d   Norbash, Alexander ^e   Haines, David ^g   Fairobent, Lynne ^f   Goldstein, James A ^g  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f American Association of Physicists in Medicine   (United States)

^g BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA); Multispecialty Occupational Health Group (MSOHG)

Indexed keywords

CATARACT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTISPECIALTY OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH GROUP; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 84928096631     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.07.010     Document Type: Review

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