Biokinetic model for 137Cs in the fetus

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 736-746

  Caywood, Karen ^a   Ice, Rod ^a   Hertel, Nolan ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cs; Absorbed; Dose; Dose assessment; Exposure; Modeling; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM; CESIUM;

ARTICLE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; UTERUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLACENTA; POTASSIUM; PREGNANCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030612233     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199711000-00001     Document Type: Article

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