Uncertainties in electron-absorbed fractions and lung doses from inhaled beta-emitters

Health Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-47

  Farfán, Eduardo B ^a,b   Bolch, Wesley E ^a,c   Huston, Thomas E ^d   Rajon, Didier A ^a   Huh, Chulhaeng ^a,e   Bolch, W Emmett ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^d Nuclear Fuel Services Inc   (United States)

^e Huff Ferras and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Beta particles; Internal dose; Respiratory system

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

AIRWAY; BRONCHIOLE; BRONCHUS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; BETA RAYS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; LUNG; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 12944314767     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000142496.73713.e7     Document Type: Review

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