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Saturday, November 03, 2007

I had to look this up

because neither my podiatry office nor the radiology office over at St Joseph East automatically use lead aprons.

Is gonadal shielding necessary?

The answer seems to be no, given improvements in x-ray machines these days and the very low doses received, especially when doing exposures on the extremities. I feel a little better.

(I know, I'm unlikely to reproduce, but still, what can I say, it's a concern fueled by years of lead aprons.)

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