Validating an important aspect of the new ICRP biokinetic model of thorium

Health Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-228

  Roth, P ^a   Hollriegl V ^a   Li, W B ^a   Oeh, U ^a   Schramel, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biokinetics; Excretion, urinary; Spectrometry, mass; Thorium

Indexed keywords

THORIUM; THORIUM 232;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; KINETICS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; URINARY EXCRETION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORIUM;

EID: 13844307975     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000148546.80698.70     Document Type: Article

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