Estimation of internal and external exposures of terrestrial reference organisms to natural radionuclides in the environment

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 24, Issue 4 A, 2004, Pages

  Gomez Ros J M ^a   Prohl G ^b   Taranenko, V ^b  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM COMPOUNDS; TISSUE; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EXTERNAL EXPOSURE; INTERNAL EXPOSURE; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; ORGANISMS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

LEAD; POLONIUM; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; RADON; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; KIDNEY; LAND BIOME; LIVER; LUNG; MAMMAL; MICROORGANISM; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECIES HABITAT;

ANIMALS; BACKGROUND RADIATION; BODY BURDEN; BONE AND BONES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; KIDNEY; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; LIVER; MAMMALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLANTS; POLONIUM; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; RADON; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 12344303030     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/24/4A/005     Document Type: Article

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