Doses to patients in routine X-ray examinations in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Ng, K.H., Rassiah, P., Wang, H.B., Hambali, A.S., Muthuvellu, P., Lee, H.P.
• Format: Article
• Published: British Institute of Radiology 1998
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/390/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9849390

A collaborative national survey initiated by the University of Malaya and the Ministry of Health was conducted from 1993 to 1995 to establish baseline patient dose data for seven common types (12 projections) of X-ray examinations in Malaysia. A total of 12 randomly selected public hospitals and 867...