title: Determination of diagnostic reference levels in general radiography in Latin America.
abstract: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) through the International Action Plan on Radiation Protection of Patients and the International Commission on Radiological Protection have for some time carried out important efforts to assure that in the medical applications of the ionising radiations, the optimisation of radiological protection of patients is fundamental, to such a point that the IAEA includes it directly as a requirement for these practices (in its International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionising Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources (BSS)-GSR Part 1, 2011). For this reason, among the objectives of Regional Project RLA/9/057 and Regional Project RLA/9/067, the intention was to establish the dose references in conventional radiology for Latin America, for the purposes of determining whether these doses comply with the requirements of the BSS and to tend to improve practices, in order to minimise the dose received by the patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fac. Ing. UB, CONICET, C.A.B.A.,Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: Narkiss
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Almonte
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Benavente
authors.forename: Nadja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cárdenas
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Defaz Gómez
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Edding
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Escobar
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.forename: Mirtha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gamarra
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García Aguilar
authors.forename: Helen Jamil
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Khoury
authors.forename: Ana Rosa
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Quintero
authors.forename: Norma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Roas Zuniga
authors.forename: Edgar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zaire
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nader
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies / Q000592:standards; D007843:Latin America; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000592:standards*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000592:standards*; D011859:Radiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D012015:Reference Standards