A new statistical method for transfer coefficient calculations in the framework of the general multiple-compartment model of transport for radionuclides in biological systems

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2463-2481

  Garcia, F ^a,b   Arruda Neto, J D T ^a,c   Manso, M V ^a,b   Helene, O M ^a   Vanin, V R ^a   Rodriguez, O ^a,b   Mesa, J ^a,b   Likhachev, V P ^a   Pereira Filho, J W ^a   Deppman, A ^a   Perez, G ^b   Guzman, F ^b   De Camargo, S P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade de Santa Cruz   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTAMINATION; FLOW KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOFTWARE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032847891     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/10/308     Document Type: Article

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