The development of the plutonium lung clearance model for exposure estimation of the Mayak Production Association, nuclear plant workers

Health Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 425-431

  Khokhryakov, Valentin F ^a   Suslova, Klara G ^a   Vostrotin, Vadim V ^a   Romanov, Sergey A ^a   Menshikh, Zoya S ^a   Kudryavtseva, Tamara I ^a   Filipy, Ronald E ^a   Miller, Scott C ^a   Krahenbuhl, Melinda P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Excretion, urinary; Lungs, human; Modeling, dose assessment; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOASSAY; DOSE CALCULATION; EXCRETION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG LYMPH; LUNG MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0036120814     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200204000-00001     Document Type: Article

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