Estimating internal dose due to ingestion of radionuclides from Nevada test site fallout

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 487-501

  Kirchner, T B ^a   Whicker, F W ^a   Anspaugh, L R ^b   Ng, Y C ^c  

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

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

dose; fallout; ingestion; radionuclide

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSIMETRY; FALLOUT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029773879     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199610000-00007     Document Type: Article

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