Chest wall thickness measurements and the dosimetric implications for male workers in the uranium industry

Health Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 74-80

  Kramer, G H ^a   Hauck, B M ^a   Allen, S A ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annual limit on intake; Exposure, occupational; Lungs, human; Phantom

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; URANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CALIBRATION; CANADA; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; THORAX WALL; URANIUM MINE; WHOLE BODY COUNTER;

EID: 0035190301     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200101000-00014     Document Type: Article

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