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Volume 1 Issue 1 - 2018

• Research Article

  Variation in Entrance Skin Dose and Scattered Radiation in Paediatric Patients Undergoing X-ray Examination in Some Nigerian Teaching Hospitals

  Aborisade C. A1*, Famurewa O. C2, Ibitoye F. I3 and Balogun F. A3

  Abstract: Objective : There is no known data in the literature concerning the Entrance Skin Dose (ESD) and scattered radiation (SR) from paediatric in Nigeria. This work measured the variation in ESD and SR of importance to radiation protection for commonly performed X-ray examinations such as chest, abdomen, skull and pelvic in three Nigerian tertiary health institutions.
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