Retrospective assessment of radiation exposures at or below the minimum detectable level at a federal nuclear reactor facility

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 330-333

  Tankersley, William G ^a   West, Charles M ^a   Watson, James E ^b   Reagan, Jeannie L ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; MONITORING; NUCLEAR REACTOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0029877999     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1996.10389332     Document Type: Article

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