Radiography
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 245-249 , August 2011

Patient dosimetry during chest, abdomen, skull and neck radiography in SW Nigeria

  • C.J. Olowookere

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics with Electronics, Ajayi Crowther University, P.M.B 1066, Oyo, Nigeria
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  • R.I. Obed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
    • Present address (until September, 2010): Department of Physics, University of Trieste, Via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 348 5141017.
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  • I.A. Babalola

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Sciences, Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
    • ,
  • T.O. Bello

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria

Received 30 October 2009 ,Revised 26 May 2010 ,Accepted 27 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2010.05.009

Radiography
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