The Goiania 137Cs accident. A review of the internal and cytogenetic dosimetry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 79, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 149-154

  Lipsztein, J L ^a,b   Melo, D R ^a   Oliveira, C A N ^a   Bertelli, L ^a   Ramalho, A T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; FERRIC FERROCYANIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOASSAY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; EMERGENCY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; KINETICS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031712243     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032380     Document Type: Conference Paper

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