Implication of the occupational physician and of the expert in the management and the dosimetry of an accidental contamination;Implications du médecin du travail et de l'expert dans la gestion et la dosimétrie d'un incident de contamination: Exemple d'une plaie contaminée par le plutonium

Radioprotection

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-50

  Piechowski, J ^a   Menoux, B ^b   Miele, A ^c   Grappin, L ^c   Guillermin, A M ^c   Fottorino, R ^c   Ruffin, M ^c  

^a DIF   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

dosimetry, internal; exposure, occupational; plutonium; wound

Indexed keywords

DOSE LIMITS; EXPOSURE, OCCUPATIONAL; INTERNAL CONTAMINATIONS; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS; RISK EVALUATION; WOUND;

DOSIMETRY; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION PROTECTION;

CONTAMINATION;

EID: 15944422143     PISSN: 00338451     EISSN: 1769700X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/radiopro:2003003     Document Type: Article

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