Covid-19: Lessons from hospital preparedness for radiation accidents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2020; 19(03): 315-316
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_40_20

Letter to Editor

Authors

Saeid Keshmiri

Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Management, Bushehr Heart Medical Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
Iraj Nabipour

¹The Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
Majid Assadi

²Department of Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy, The Persian Gulf Nuclear Medicine Research Center, School of Medicine, Bushehr Medical University Hospital, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran

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