A review of radiologically important trace elements in human bones

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 903-910

  Tandon, L ^a   Iyengar, G V ^b   Parr, R M ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Biomineral Sci International Inc   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; RADIOLOGY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

HARD TISSUE ANALYSIS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CESIUM; PLUTONIUM; RADON; STRONTIUM; THORIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; BONE AND BONES; CESIUM; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; STRONTIUM; THORIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

EID: 0344505712     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)10102-6     Document Type: Article

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