Lung counting: Summing techniques to reduce the MDA

Health Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 220-227

  Kramer, Gary H ^a   Hauck, Barry M ^a   Allen, Steve A ^b   Dantas, Bernardo M ^c   Dantas, Ana Letícia A ^c   Azeredo, Adelaide M G F ^c  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Lung counting; Operational topics; Uranium

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG; LUNG COUNTING; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0038505782     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200308000-00012     Document Type: Article

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