Radiation exposure of interventional cardiologists for different types of procedures in catheterization lab, is it more concern about extremities?

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Issue		Radioprotection Volume 55, Number 3, July-September 2020


Page(s)		187 - 194
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2020056
Published online		14 July 2020

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