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Common sources of radiations in a medical environment

Sharma et al., 2021

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11107978907274430168
Author
Sharma H
Gaur P
Gupta D
Rajpurohit V
Publication year
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Int. J. Res. Med. Sci

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Use of radiation is now a days so common in most of the tertiary care hospitals for diagnostic and therapeutic purpose. The ionizing radiation provides many benefits in both diagnostic as well as therapeutic interventions, but they are also potential harmful. Radiation risks …
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    • A61N5/1002Intraluminal radiation therapy
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    • G21NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21FPROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
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