Published April 1994
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Journal article
Safety in brachytherapy
Description
The safety of patients, operators and public when treatments of brachytherapy are performed is ensured by a specific legislative and regulatory framework. Although there is no official quality assurance programs for brachytherapy equipments, in each department, complementary preventive clauses about rooms, source handling and transfer should be developed. (author). 8 refs
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- Securite en curietherapie
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radioprotection
- Journal Volume
- 29
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 231-237.
- ISSN
- 0033-8451
- CODEN
- RAPRBA
Conference
- Title
- safety of ionizing radiations sources and generators.
- Original Conference Title
- Journees SFRP: securite des sources et generateurs de rayonnements ionisants
- Acronym
- SFRP (French Society of Radiation Protection) days
- Dates
- 9-10 Jun 1993.
- Place
- Saclay (France).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 26020896
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- AGREEMENTS; BETA SOURCES; CESIUM 137; CONTAINERS; DISTANCE; EYES; GAMMA SOURCES; GYNECOLOGY; INTERNAL IRRADIATION; IODINE 125; IRIDIUM 192; LICENSING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS 32; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SOURCE IMPLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM 226; REGULATIONS; RUTHENIUM 106; SAFEGUARD REGULATIONS; SAFETY; SEALED SOURCES; SHIELDING
- Descriptors DEC
- ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CARBON 14 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; IMPLANTS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IODINE ISOTOPES; IRIDIUM ISOTOPES; IRRADIATION; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LAWS; LIGHT NUCLEI; MEDICINE; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; MONITORING; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; PARTICLE SOURCES; PERSONNEL; PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIUM ISOTOPES; RUTHENIUM ISOTOPES; SENSE ORGANS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES