NEW-ZEALAND - ONE SMALL COUNTRY HISTORY OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY

Authors
PROBERT JC ATKINSON CH
Citation
Jc. Probert et Ch. Atkinson, NEW-ZEALAND - ONE SMALL COUNTRY HISTORY OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY, International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 36(2), 1996, pp. 481-486
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03603016
Volume
36
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
481 - 486
Database
ISI
SICI code
0360-3016(1996)36:2<481:N-OSCH>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
New Zealand, with its short history, has a proud record in the develop ment of radiation oncology. The first independent department of radiot herapy was formed in Dunedin in 1931, and the first clinical physicist was appointed in Wellington in 1933, Prominent research workers inclu de the radiobiologist Dr, John Read and the physicist Sir Ernest Ruthe rford. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Inc.