A method for estimating occupational radiation doses subject to minimum detection levels

Health Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-71

  Xue, Xiaonan ^a   Shore, Roy E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection limits; Dose assessment; Exposure, occupational; Minimum detectable activity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION HAZARD; SIMULATION;

QUERCUS;

EID: 0037213905     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200301000-00005     Document Type: Article

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