Underestimation of 131I thyroid burden due to systematic bias in measurements conducted after the chernobyl accident

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-54

  Ishikawa, T ^a   Mizushita, S ^b   Uchiyama, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 1542375552     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031796     Document Type: Article

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