Identification and screening evaluation of key historical materials and emission sources at the Oak Ridge Reservation

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 457-469

  Widner, Thomas E ^a   Ripple, Stephen R ^a   Buddenbaum, John E ^b  

^a CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

^b McLaren Hart Environ Services   (United States)

Author keywords

contamination, environmental; dose assessment; exposure, population; risk analysis

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029744448     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199610000-00004     Document Type: Article

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