Ionising radiation awareness among resident doctors, interns, and radiographers in a university hospital emergency department

GÜNALP, MÜGE; Gulunay, Behnan; POLAT, ONUR; Demirkan, Arda; Gurler, Serdar; AKKAŞ, MELTEM; METİN AKSU, NALAN

doi:10.1007/s11547-013-0374-8

Ionising radiation awareness among resident doctors, interns, and radiographers in a university hospital emergency department

GÜNALP M., Gulunay B., POLAT O., Demirkan A., Gurler S., AKKAŞ M. , ...More

RADIOLOGIA MEDICA, vol.119, no.6, pp.440-447, 2014 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 119 Issue: 6
Publication Date: 2014
Doi Number: 10.1007/s11547-013-0374-8
Title of Journal : RADIOLOGIA MEDICA
Page Numbers: pp.440-447

Abstract

In emergency medicine practice, radiological investigations relying on ionising radiation are increasingly used to diagnose a wide range of diseases and injuries. The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge of radiation exposure doses and risks among interns, resident doctors, and radiographers.