Urinary excretion measurements for the assessment of body burden of radiocaesium in man: Differences between potassium and creatinine normalisation

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 505-514

  Rääf, Christopher L ^a   Thornberg, Charlotte ^a   Mattsson, S Ören ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Creatinine; Potassium; Radiocaesium; Urinary excretion

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CESIUM; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

CREATININE;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM 137; CREATININE; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STANDARDIZATION; SWEDEN; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE FLOW RATE;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADULT; AGED; BODY BURDEN; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RUSSIA; SWEDEN; UKRAINE; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0344980431     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00074-3     Document Type: Article

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