Specific absorption parameters for uranium octoxide and dioxide: Comparison of values derived from human data and those predicted from animal studies

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 79, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 87-90

  Bertelli, L ^a   Puerta, A ^b   Wrenn, M E ^c   Lipsztein, J L ^a   Moody, J C ^d   Stradling, G N ^d   Hodgson, A ^d   Fell, T P ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

^b Inst Nucl Sci Alternative E   (Colombia)

^c Radiation Surveillance Associates   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM DERIVATIVE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RAT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031690885     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032474     Document Type: Conference Paper

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