EPR dose reconstruction for Russian nuclear workers

Health Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-20

  Romanyukha, A A ^a   Ignatiev, E A ^a   Vasilenko, E K ^b   Drozhko, E G ^b   Wieser, A ^c   Jacob, P ^c   Keirim Markus, I B ^d   Kleschenko, E D ^d   Nakamura, N ^e   Miyazawa, C ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b MAYAK PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^e RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^f OHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Exposure, occupational; Gamma radiation; Nuclear workers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENAMEL; FILM DOSIMETER; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0033987118     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200001000-00004     Document Type: Article

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