Factors affecting in vivo measurement precision and accuracy of 109Cd K x-ray fluorescence measurements

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2263-2273

  McNeill, Fiona E ^a   Stokes, Lynette ^b   Chettle, David R ^a   Kaye, Wendy E ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM 109; LEAD;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE MINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CADMIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; OBESITY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TIBIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032834789     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/9/313     Document Type: Article

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