Plutonium excretion in urine of residents living near the rocky flats environmental technology site

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 368-379

  Ibrahim, Shawki A ^a   Ward Whicker, F ^a   Reuss, Sharren K ^a   Whicker, Randall D ^a   Chapman, Phillip L ^a   Krahenbuhl, Melinda P ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Excretion; Plutonium; Urinalysis; Urinary

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM 239;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RESIDENT; TECHNOLOGY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0033027166     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199904000-00004     Document Type: Article

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