Modeling variability and uncertainty associated with inhaled weapons-grade PuO2

Health Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 726-736

  Aden, James ^a   Scott, Bobby R ^a  

^a LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

International Commission on Radiological Protection; Lungs, human; Monte Carlo; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BETA RADIATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GAMMA RADIATION; INHALATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; DECONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUCLEAR WARFARE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLUTONIUM; RADIOMETRY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0038780508     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200306000-00005     Document Type: Article

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