Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 4 , Pages 199-204 , April 2010

Health Effects of Medical Radiation on Cardiologists Who Perform Cardiac Catheterization

  • Mei-Kang Yuan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Ching-Wen Chien

      Affiliations

    • Department of Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Ching-Wen Chien, Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang-Ming University, 155, Section 2, Linong Street, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • San-Kan Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Nai-Wei Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, I-Lan, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Shih-Chieh Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, I-Lan, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Shu-Ju Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Department of Industrial Management and Enterprise Information, Aletheia University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Gau-Jun Tang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 1 September 2009 ,Revised 11 January 2010

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PII: S1726-4901(10)70041-1

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(10)70041-1

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 4 , Pages 199-204 , April 2010

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