Mathematical techniques for solving analytically large compartmental systems

Health Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-193

  Sanchez, Guillermo ^a   Lopez Fidalgo, Jesus ^b  

^a Enusa Industrias Avanzadas SA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biokinetics; Dose, internal; Modeling, biological factors; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 0038167159     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200308000-00007     Document Type: Article

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