Long-term follow-up of the 137Cs body burden of individuals after the chernobyl accident - A means for the determination of biological half-lives

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 373-382

  Ruhm W ^a,b   Konig K ^b   Bayer, A ^b  

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

137Cs; Chernobyl; Ingestion; Whole body counting

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0032887359     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199910000-00004     Document Type: Article

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