Testing prediction capabilities of an 131I terrestrial transport model by using measurements collected at the Hanford nuclear facility

Health Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 439-458

  Iulian Apostoaei, A ^a  

^a SENES Oak Ridge Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

131I; Environmental transport; Modeling, dose assessment; Radiation, environmental

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAIRY CATTLE; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GRASS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY; MILK; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR MOVEMENTS; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 17144370254     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000152113.43024.dd     Document Type: Article

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