A statistical analysis of the internal organ weights of normal Japanese people

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 368-383

  Ogiu, Nobuko ^a   Nakamura, Yuji ^a   Ijiri, Iwao ^b   Hiraiwa, Kouichi ^c   Ogiu, Toshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

human organs; radiation risk; Reference man; risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CHILD; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; JAPAN; KIDNEY MASS; LUNG WEIGHT; ORGAN WEIGHT; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYMUS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0031019410     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199703000-00004     Document Type: Article

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