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Occupational radiation exposures for medical workers in Pakistan – An overview

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering
Volume 26 (2020): Issue 1 (March 2020)
By: Misbah Ahmad,  Iftkhar Ahmad,  Aakif Ullah Khan,  Amin Ali Khan,  Kamran Ali Shah and  Jamil Ahmad  
Open Access
|Apr 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2020-0005 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
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Language: English
Page range: 45 - 53
Submitted on: Oct 24, 2019
Accepted on: Dec 30, 2019
Published on: Apr 3, 2020
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
occupational exposure,
radiation protection,
effective dose,
dose limits
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Biomedical engineering,
Physics,
Technical and applied physics,
Medical physics

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