Ionising radiation exposure from medical imaging – A review of Patient's (un) awareness [PDF]
, 2019 Introduction: Medical imaging is the main source of artificial radiation exposure. Evidence, however, suggests that patients are poorly informed about radiation exposure when attending diagnostic scans.
Drey, N. +6 more
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Risk assessment of medical exposure in X-ray examinations of children
Радиационная гигиена, 2017 The use of the effective dose (the concept of which was developed for radiation protection of workers and public) and the nominal risk coefficients, averaged by sex and age, to assess the radiation risks of medical exposure has some significant ...
I. G. Shatsky
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Радиационная гигиена, 2023 In recent years, an increase in the collective dose from medical exposure has been recorded annually, which is associated with an increase in the availability of high-tech methods of medical care and an increase of their percentage in the structure of X ...
Z. A. Lantukh +7 more
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Update of the federal governmental statistical surveillance form № 3-DOZ: “Data on patient doses from medical X-ray examinations”— Part 2 (FORM completion Recommendations) [PDF]
Digital Diagnostics, 2023 The form of federal governmental statistical surveillance № 3-DOZ, titled “Data on patient doses from medical X-ray examinations,” has changed significantly by the order of Rosstat N 880.
Aleksandr V. Vodovatov +14 more
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Development of Evidence Based Medical Surveillance Program Recommendations for At-Risk Employees [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Nearly eight million United States healthcare workers are potentially exposed to hazardous drugs (HDs) in their workplace. This exposure puts staff at increased risk of acute myeloid leukemia, breast cancer, rectal cancer, and fetal anomalies.
Okrant, Jessica C
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Self-Reported Occupational Exposure to HIV and Factors Influencing its Management Practice: A Study of Healthcare Workers in Tumbi and Dodoma Hospitals, Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2013 Blood borne infectious agents such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immune deficiency virus (HIV) constitute a major occupational hazard for healthcare workers (HCWs).
A Karstaedt +28 more
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Physical and Sexual Violence, Mental Health indicators, and treatment seeking among street-based population groups in Tegucigalpa, Honduras [PDF]
, 2012 To establish the prevalence of exposure to physical and sexual violence, mental health symptoms, and medical treatment-seeking behavior among three street-based subpopulation groups in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and to assess the association between ...
Cohen, J +3 more
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Latent consequences of early-life lead (Pb) exposure and the future: Addressing the Pb crisis [PDF]
, 2018 Background. The lead (Pb) exposure crisis in Flint, Michigan has passed from well-publicized event to a footnote, while its biological and social impact will linger for lifetimes.
Bayon, Baindu L. +3 more
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Alpha-particle-induced complex chromosome exchanges transmitted through extra-thymic lymphopoiesis in vitro show evidence of emerging genomic instability [PDF]
, 2015 Human exposure to high-linear energy transfer α-particles includes environmental (e.g. radon gas and its decay progeny), medical (e.g. radiopharmaceuticals) and occupational (nuclear industry) sources.
A Duran +66 more
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Baicalein Mitigates Radiation-Induced Enteritis by Improving Endothelial Dysfunction
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019 Background and Aims: Radiation-induced intestinal injury occurred in application of radiotherapy for abdominal and pelvic cancers or in nuclear accidents. Radiation-induced enteritis may be considered an ideal model of gastrointestinal inflammation.
Hyosun Jang +13 more
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