Radiation exposure in diagnostic areas: issues and countermeasures

Dong-Wook Sung

doi:10.5124/jkma.2011.54.12.1246

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Radiation exposure in diagnostic areas

Journal of the Korean Medical Association

Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2011; 54(12): 1246-1247.

Published online: December 13, 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2011.54.12.1246

Radiation exposure in diagnostic areas: issues and countermeasures

Dong-Wook Sung, MD

Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Dong-Wook Sung, sungdw@khmc.or.kr

Received November 15, 2011 Accepted November 25, 2011

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