Dose contribution from metabolized organically bound tritium after chronic tritiated water intakes in humans

Health Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-7

  Trivedi, A ^a   Galeriu, D ^b   Lamothe, E S ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Nuclear workers exposure, occupational; Tritium

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; TRITIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BODY WATER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

TRITIUM;

DRINKING; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; TRITIUM; WATER;

EID: 0033986827     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200001000-00002     Document Type: Article

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