Uncertainty analysis of the urinary excretion of plutonium

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 105, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 383-386

  Luciani, A ^a   Doerfel, H ^b   Polig, E ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST; STANDARD; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0141563804     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006263     Document Type: Article

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