Thyroid dosimetry in Europe following the Chernobyl accident

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 73, Issue 870, 2000, Pages 636-640

  O'Hare, N J ^a   Murphy, D ^a   Malone, J F ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANCER INCIDENCE; EUROPE; FATALITY; HUMAN; IODINE 131 UPTAKE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POPULATION RISK; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THYROID CANCER;

EID: 0034089460     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.73.870.10911787     Document Type: Article

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