Uncertainty of the tritium dose conversion factor

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-297

  Hamby, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination, environmental; Dose equivalent; Environmental transport; Tritium

Indexed keywords

TRITIUM; TRITIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ATOMIC BOMB; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GOVERNMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0032867067     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199909000-00007     Document Type: Article

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