Lung dosimetry for Thorotrast patients: Implications for inhalation of radon progeny

Radiation Research

Volumn 152, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Hofmann, Werner ^a   Hornik, Sakiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON 222; THORIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0032760934     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3580122     Document Type: Article

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