Accelerator mass spectrometry for the detection of ultra-low levels of plutonium in urine, including that excreted after the ingestion of irish sea sediments

Radiation Research

Volumn 152, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Priest, N D ^a   Pich, G Merlo ^a   Fifield, L K ^b   Cresswell, R G ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INGESTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0344718610     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3580105     Document Type: Article

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