Removable surface contamination at a biomedical research institution

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 296-299

  Klein, R C ^a,b   Party, E ^a   Gershey, E L ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

contamination; sampling; surface contamination; wipe tests

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CHROMIUM 51; IODINE 125; PHOSPHORUS 32; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; SULFUR 35; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SAMPLING;

EID: 0031032829     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199702000-00014     Document Type: Article

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