Stable tracer investigations in humans for assessing the biokenetics of ruthenium and zirconium radionuclides

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 105, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 209-212

  Veronese, Ivan ^a   Cantone, M C ^a   Giussani, A ^a   Maggioni, T ^a   Birattari, C ^a   Bonardi, M ^a   Groppi, F ^a   Garlaschelli, L ^a   Werner, E ^b   Roth, P ^b   Hollriegl V ^b   Louvat, P ^b   Felgenhauer, N ^c   Zilker, Th ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; RUTHENIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINETICS; MALE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0012530288     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006224     Document Type: Article

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