Risk estimates for deterministic health effects of inhaled weapons grade plutonium

Health Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 280-293

  Scott, Bobby R ^a   Peterson, Vern L ^b  

^a LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AB Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; Plutonium; Radiation, ionizing; Risk estimates

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INHALATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LETHALITY; LUNG DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TERRORISM; WEAPON; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR WARFARE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0043163744     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200309000-00005     Document Type: Article

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