A biokinetic model for 137Cs

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 320-332

  Melo, D R ^a   Lipsztein, J L ^a   Oliveira, C A N ^a   Lundgren, D L ^b   Muggenburg, B A ^b   Guilmette, R A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

^b Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cs; Biokinetics; Contamination; Dose, internal; Internal

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; CESIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BRAZIL; CHILD; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE; TOXICOKINETICS; AGED; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 0030611204     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199708000-00004     Document Type: Article

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