Ingestion of Nevada test site fallout: Internal dose estimates

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 477-486

  Whicker, F Ward ^a   Kirchner, Thomas B ^a   Anspaugh, Lynn R ^b   Ng, Yook C ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

dose assessment; dose, internal; fallout; ingestion

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 89; STRONTIUM 90; ZIRCONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOSIMETRY; FALLOUT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; THYROID DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029767846     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199610000-00006     Document Type: Article

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