Towards a model for the dynamic transfer of tritium and carbon in mammals

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 105, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 387-390

  Galeriu, D ^a   Beresford, N A ^b   Takeda, H ^c   Melintescu, A ^a   Crout, N M J ^d  

^a HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TRITIUM;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RAT; SHEEP;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MAMMALS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RATS; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRITIUM; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0141563803     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006264     Document Type: Article

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