Fifty years of plutonium exposure to the Manhattan project plutonium workers: An update

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 611-619

  Voelz, George L ^a   Lawrence, James N P ^a   Johnson, Emily R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Manhattan Project; Mortality; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 0030984444     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199710000-00004     Document Type: Article

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