Open AccessA prospective study assessing clinicians attitude and knowledge on radiation exposure to patients during radiological investigations
Author(s) -
Paramdeep Singh,
Sandeep Aggarwal,
Amteshwar Mohan Singh Kapoor,
Rupinderjeet Kaur,
Amarpreet Kaur
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.160019
Subject(s) - radiological weapon , referral , medicine , family medicine , affect (linguistics) , population , environmental health , psychology , surgery , communication
Exposure to radiation during radiological investigations is of health concern, which referring physicians should rationalize. Hence, we assessed the clinician's awareness and concern of radiation exposure to patients, in relation to their referral practice.