Published December 2010
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Radiology in Norway anno 2008. Trends in examination frequency and collective effective dose to the population
Description
A new population dose survey in Norway anno 2008 gave the following key figures: 4,3 mill examinations (900 per 1000 inhabitants), 1.1 mSv/caput whereof 80% of the dose from CT. 23% of the examinations were done in private sector. Planar X-ray is reduced in number; ultrasound is about the same, while both CT and MR have doubled in frequency since 2002. (Author)
Availability note (English)
Available at: http://www.nrpa.no/dav/dc3ba89a7a.pdfAdditional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Norwegian)
- Radiologiske undersoekelser i Norge per 2008. Trender i undersoekelsesfrekvens og straaledoser til befolkningen
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 39 p.
- ISSN
- 0804-4910
- Report number
- NRPA--2010:12
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Norway
- Country of Input or Organization
- Norway
- INIS RN
- 43107396
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS; NORWAY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOLOGY; X-RAY EMISSION ANALYSIS; X-RAY SOURCES
- Descriptors DEC
- CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE; MEDICINE; MONITORING; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION SOURCES; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN EUROPE
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