Comparative bias associated with various estimates of dose to maximally exposed individuals

Health Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 585-593

  Wilson, M D ^b   Hinton, T G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contamination, environmental; Exposure, population; Maximum permissible concentrations; Safety standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LIFESTYLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR SAFETY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BASS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY BURDEN; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0142245668     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200311000-00006     Document Type: Article

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