Relative importance of inhalation and ingestion as sources of uptake of 210Pb from the environment

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 279-293

  Salmon, P L ^a   Berkovskyt, V I ^b   Henshaw, D L ^c  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Radiation Protection Institute Kiev   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CIGARETTE SMOKE; DRINKING WATER; LEAD 210; RADON;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BONE; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HUMAN; INGESTION; INHALATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SMOKING;

EID: 0031755458     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032361     Document Type: Article

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