Diagnostic reference levels for the most frequent radiological examinations carried out in Brazil Niveles de referencia diagnósticos para los exámenes radiológicos más frecuentes realizados en Brasil

• Main Authors: Marcelo B. Freitas, Elisabeth M. Yoshimura
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2009
• Subjects: Dosimetría termoluminiscente; radiología; Brasil; Thermoluminescent dosimetry; radiology; Brazil; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Referencia; Chest Head
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/91933c9f66674fc5a83285d79d735301

OBJECTIVES: A large-scale survey of doses to patients undergoing the most frequent radiological examinations was carried out in health services in São Paulo (347 radiological exami nations per 1 000 inhabitants), the most populous Brazilian state. METHODS: A postal dosimetric kit with thermoluminesc...