Guidelines for patient radiation dose management.

Michael S. Stecker, MD, Stephen Balter, PhD, Richard B. Towbin, MD, Donald L. Miller, MD, Eliseo Vano, PhD,Gabriel Bartal, MD, J. Fritz Angle, MD, Christine P. Chao, MD, Alan M. Cohen, MD, Robert G. Dixon, MD,Kathleen Gross, MSN, RN-BC, CRN, George G. Hartnell, MD, Beth Schueler, PhD, John D. Statler, MD,Thierry de Baere, MD, and John F. Cardella, MD, for the SIR Safety and Health Committee and the CIRSEStandards of Practice Committee

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