A revised stylized model of the adult extrathoracic and thoracic airways for use with the ICRP-66 human respiratory tract model

Health Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 337-352

  Farfán, Eduardo B ^a,b   Han, Eun Young ^a   Bolch, Wesley E ^a,c   Huh, ChulHaeng ^a   Huston, Thomas E ^d   Bolch Jr , W Emmett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; International Commission on Radiological Protection; Modeling, biological factors; Respiratory system

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; HUMAN; LARYNX; LYMPH NODE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUTH CAVITY; NOSE; NOSE CAVITY; PARANASAL SINUS; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THORAX; TRACHEA;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX; THYROID GLAND;

BRONCHUS;

EID: 1542725961     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200404000-00002     Document Type: Article

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