Radiation dosage exposure of the population of the USSR from x-ray diagnosis and means for its reduction]

The paper is concerned with main values of dose exposure of the USSR population as a result of medical roentgenological investigations. The authors issue practical organizational-methodological recommendations for irradiation reduction resulting from giving up chest x-ray, a decrease in prophylactic fluorography, improvement of technical facilities for investigations of the digestive tract, and organization of roentgenoradiological departments as independent health service units.