Uncertainties in dose coefficients from ingestion of 131I, 137Cs, and 90Sr

Health Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 460-482

  Apostoaei, A Iulian ^a   Miller, Laurence F ^b  

^a SENES Oak Ridge Incorporated   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

131I; 137Cs; 90Sr; Internal dose

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; POTASSIUM; STRONTIUM 90;

ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; BONE; BONE MARROW; DOSE CALCULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEOMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; INFANCY; INGESTION; KINETICS; MODEL; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY; TARGET ORGAN; THYROID GLAND; UNCERTAINTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY BURDEN; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 1942438076     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200405000-00003     Document Type: Article

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