EFFECTIVE DOSE PER UNIT KERMA-AREA PRODUCT CONVERSION FACTORS IN ADULTS UNDERGOING MODIFIED BARIUM SWALLOW STUDIES

Heather Shaw Bonilha1, Janina Wilmskoetter1, Sameer V Tipnis2

  • 1Health Sciences and Research, Medical University of South Carolina , 77 President St, MSC 700, Charleston, SC 29425-2503, USA.

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