Doses to workers in the United States nuclear weapons program due to external irradiation at the dawn of the atomic era (1940-1960)

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-57

  Strom, D J ^a   Smith, M H ^a   Swinth, K L ^a   Pettengill, H J ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

dose; exposure, occupational; nuclear workers; weapons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MILITARY SERVICE; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SICKNESS;

EID: 0029883013     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199607000-00008     Document Type: Article

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