Characterization of plutonium aerosol collected during an accident

Health Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 596-605

  Yung, Sung Cheng ^a   Guilmette, Raymond A ^b   Zhou, Yue ^a   Gao, Jun ^a   LaBone, Thomas ^c   Whicker, Jeffrey J ^b   Hoover, Mark D ^d  

^a LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Aerosols; Exposure; Occupational; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; GLASS FIBER; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 238;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; EXPOSURE; HALF LIFE TIME; HEAT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION INJURY; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAFILTRATION; UNITED STATES; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AEROSOLS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; FILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUTONIUM; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 16544363752     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000138577.21388.a7     Document Type: Article

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