Absorbed dose rate conversion coefficients for reference terrestrial biota for external photon and internal exposures

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 24, Issue 4 A, 2004, Pages

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

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS;

BIOTA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT SIMULATIONS; ORGANISMS; RADIATION EXPOSURES;

DOSIMETRY;

AMERICIUM 241; CARBON 14; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; CHLORINE 36; CURIUM; IODINE 129; IODINE 131; LEAD 210; NEPTUNIUM 237; NICKEL 63; NIOBIUM; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; POLONIUM; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RUTHENIUM 106; STRONTIUM 89; TECHNETIUM 99M; THORIUM 230; THORIUM 232; TRITIUM; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAUNA; GAMMA RADIATION; LAND BIOME; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MICROORGANISM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL; SPECIES HABITAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BETA RAYS; BODY BURDEN; ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMMA RAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SOIL;

EID: 12344304438     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/24/4A/003     Document Type: Article

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