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Rules of the Thumb and Practical Hints for Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine

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This chapter summarizes some “rules of the thumb” and gives some practical hints, which could be useful in connection with radiation protection of staff and patients in nuclear medicine. The aim is to give some condensed information to give the user a quick and easy understanding of important parameters rather than to present detailed and exact results.

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  1. Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, 205 02, Malmö, Sweden

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Mattsson, S., Andersson, M. (2013). Rules of the Thumb and Practical Hints for Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine. In: Mattsson, S., Hoeschen, C. (eds) Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31167-3_11

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