Internal dosimetry of uranium isotopes using Bayesian inference methods

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 105, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 413-416

  Little, T T ^a   Miller, G ^a   Guilmette, R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

ALGORITHM; ALPHA RADIATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PROTECTION; SAMPLING; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0141787126     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006271     Document Type: Article

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