Radiographers’ attitudes toward the principles of patient radiation protection in the Souss Massa region of Morocco

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Issue		Radioprotection Volume 59, Number 3, July - September


Page(s)		189 - 196
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2024014
Published online		18 September 2024

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