The environmental safety and health implications of plutonium

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-105

  Clarke, R H ^a   Dunster, John ^a   Nenot, Jean Claude ^b   Smith, Hylton ^a   Voeltz, George ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

BODY FLUID; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; LIVER; LUNG; NUCLEAR SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; SKELETON; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0030324505     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/16/2/005     Document Type: Review

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