Uncertainty of the iodine-131 ingestion dose conversion factor

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 245-256

  Hamby, D M ^a   Benke, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INGESTION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0032986904     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032632     Document Type: Article

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