Thyroid dosimetry in the western trace of the chernobyl accident plume

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-141

  Nedveckaite, T ^a   Filistovic, Vit ^a   Mastauskas, A ^b   Thiessen, K ^c  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b Radiation Protection Centre   (Lithuania)

^c SENES Oak Ridge Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSIMETRY; EXPERIENCE; GAS; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; METHODOLOGY; PLUME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION; THYROID GLAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LITHUANIA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UKRAINE;

EID: 1542316857     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch016     Document Type: Article

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