A case study of selected medical findings among plutonium injectees

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 477-488

  Stebbings, James H ^a  

^a Midwest Epidemiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Biokinetics; Bones, human; Injection; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM; RADIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LABYRINTHITIS; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROFIBROMA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0032956475     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199905000-00003     Document Type: Article

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