Interagency Task Force on the Health Effects of Ionizing RadiationOffice of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1979 - 147 pages |
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The main contributor to the total dose from medical exposures is diagnostic x - rays ; the contribution from dental radiation , radiopharmaceuticals , and radiation therapy is far ... x - ray procedures at least partly because - 36- - 36.
The main contributor to the total dose from medical exposures is diagnostic x - rays ; the contribution from dental radiation , radiopharmaceuticals , and radiation therapy is far ... x - ray procedures at least partly because - 36- - 36.
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( f ) Duplicate X - Rays and Excessive Views The failure of some physicians and medical institutions to use x - rays taken at other institutions or by other physicians is another source of unnecessary duplicative exposures . Most x - ray ...
( f ) Duplicate X - Rays and Excessive Views The failure of some physicians and medical institutions to use x - rays taken at other institutions or by other physicians is another source of unnecessary duplicative exposures . Most x - ray ...
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... x - ray exposure practices showed that 49 % of physicians interviewed did not routinely ask female patients if they might be pregnant prior to performing abdominal x - ray procedures . 115 / Such practices might lead to inadvertent ...
... x - ray exposure practices showed that 49 % of physicians interviewed did not routinely ask female patients if they might be pregnant prior to performing abdominal x - ray procedures . 115 / Such practices might lead to inadvertent ...
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