Statistical analysis of measured operators’ finger doses in interventional radiology

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Issue		Radioprotection Volume 49, Number 2, Avril-Juin 2014


Page(s)		91 - 99
Section		Articles
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2013087
Published online		23 January 2014

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