Assessment of exposure to depleted uranium

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 105, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 157-161

  Roth, P ^a   Hollriegl V ^a   Werner, E ^a   Schramel, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

URANIUM; URANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0141788171     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006213     Document Type: Article

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