Contributions of short-lived radioiodines to thyroid doses received by evacuees from the Chernobyl area estimated using early in vivo activity measurements

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 105, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 593-599

  Balonov, M ^a,e   Kaidanovsky, G ^a   Zvonova, I ^a   Kovtun, A ^b   Bouville, A ^c   Luckyanov, N ^c   Voilleque P ^d  

^a Institute of Radiation Hygiene   (Russian Federation)

^b Ul Gagarina 65   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MJP Risk Assessment Inc   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; TELLURIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INHALATION; INTERVIEW; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; THYROID CANCER;

EID: 0141452170     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006309     Document Type: Article

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