Biokinetics and dosimetry of titanium tritide particles in the lung

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 120-128

  Cheng, Yung Sung ^a   Snipes, M Burton ^a   Wang, Yansheng ^a   Jow, Hong Nian ^b  

^a LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biokinetics; Dose, absorbed; Lungs, human; Tritium

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM DERIVATIVE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOSIMETRY; FECES LEVEL; LUNG BURDEN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RAT; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0032928750     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199902000-00003     Document Type: Article

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