Age-specific uncertainty of the 131I ingestion dose conversion factor

Health Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 334-343

  Harvey, Richard P ^a   Hamby, D M ^b   Benke, R R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biokinetics; Dose assessment; Ingestion; Iodine

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

AGE; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; THYROID GLAND; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; AGING; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUCLEAR REACTORS; ORGAN SIZE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0037366553     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200303000-00006     Document Type: Article

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