Fetal dosimetry from natural alpha-particle emitters

Radiation Research

Volumn 152, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Purnell, Sasha J ^a   Allen, Janet E ^a   Oyedepo, A Caroline ^a   Henshaw, Denis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD 210;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DOSIMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0032716001     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3580131     Document Type: Article

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